Chairman of the Group of 77 and China confirms support for the climate change summit in Brazil

Baghdad-INA 

The representative of Iraq to the United Nations and the Chairman of the Group of 77 and China, Abbas Kazim Obaid, confirmed today, Friday, support for the climate change summit in Brazil.
 
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): that "The representative of Iraq to the United Nations and the Chairman of the Group of 77 and China, Abbas Kazim Obaid, met with André Correa, the President-designate of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP30, which will be held in Brazil," noting that "the two sides discussed the multiple challenges facing the climate agreement, and ways to implement commitments and pledges to achieve common goals."
 
The Iraqi representative, according to the statement, expressed "the support of the Group of 77 and China and its confidence in Brazil's leadership to make this international event a success and achieve the common priorities of developing countries," noting that "international environmental and climate action is still based on what was achieved at the Earth Summit organized by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, and continuous communication ensures the success of the conference and meets the concerns of member states, and that this task is a shared responsibility that falls on everyone."
 
For his part, the conference president thanked "the Chairman of the Group of 77 for his confidence and gratitude for the group's support for the presidency of the conference, and that part of his program is based on positive and successful communication with the negotiating groups, of which the Group of 77 is the most prominent and largest," praising "the level of readiness and seriousness shown by the Iraqi delegation, in its capacity as Chairman of the Group, in making the negotiating tasks entrusted to it a success, and raising the voice of developing countries in all available forums until the conference's work begins."