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Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan has cancelled plans to attend the COP26 climate conference following Britain’s failure to Ankara’s demands on security arrangements, two Turkish officials told Reuters on Monday.
According to state-owned Anadolu agency, the Turkish president left for Turkey from a G20 summit in Rome instead of travelling to the climate summit in Glasgow.
The Turkish presidency gave no reason for his unscheduled return.
One official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were protocol issues over the president’s planned attendance at the meeting.
Another Turkish official said British authorities had not met Turkey’s requests over protocol and security.
“The president took such a decision because our demands regarding the number of vehicles for security and some other security related demands were not fully met,” the senior official told Reuters.
Erdogan had previously been expected to meet U.S. President Joe Biden in Glasgow, but both leaders met in Rome on Sunday.
Last month, Turkey’s parliament ratified the Paris climate agreement, becoming the last G20 country to do so.
Ankara had halted ratification for years, saying it should not be classed as a developed country with reduced access to funding to support emissions cuts under the accord. It also said Turkey is historically responsible for a very small share of carbon emissions.
Erdogan said last week Turkey had signed a memorandum of understanding under which it will get loans worth $3.2 billion to help it meet clean energy goals set out in the Paris accord.
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