Erdoğan says Paris Agreement will be submitted to Parliament next month

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President and ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed the 76th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York yesterday (September 21).

Erdoğan has announced that Turkey is planning to submit the Paris Agreement to the Parliament for approval next month "in line with its constructive steps and a declaration of its contributions to the cause."

As reported by the state-run Anadolu Agency (AA), Erdoğan has said, "Turkey is not indifferent to any global problem, crisis or call and will also do its part on climate change and protecting the environment."

Erdoğan has further noted that the ratification phase of the Paris Agreement will be completed before the UN Climate Change Conference, which will be held in November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland.

"It is possible to prevent coronavirus with vaccines, but there is no laboratory solution for climate change," he has stressed. "Whoever has done the most damage to nature, to our atmosphere, our water, our soil and the earth and whoever has wildly exploited natural resources, should also make the greatest contribution to the fight against climate change," he has added.

Refugees from Afghanistan, Syria

In his address to the UN General Assembly, Erdoğan has also talked about the recent situation in Syria and Afghanistan, especially within the context of possible migratory waves from these countries.

"The international community cannot let the Syrian crisis drag on for another 10 years," President and AKP Chair Erdoğan has stressed, underlining that "the humanitarian drama in Syria has unfolded over the course of an entire decade before the eyes of the world."

"We need to show a stronger will to find a political solution to the problem, based on UN Security Council Resolution 2254, and in a way that will meet the expectations of the Syrian people," he has said.

In his remarks, Erdoğan has said that "Turkey is also hosting over one million migrants under various statuses."

"Due to developments in Afghanistan, in recent days we have also been faced with the possibility of an inflow of migrants from this country," Erdoğan has said, adding that "Turkey has neither the means nor patience to meet new immigration waves." (KÖ/SD)