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Egyptian President Sisi meets Qatar Emir Thani at Glasgow Climate Summit

  • 01 Nov 2021

Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi greets Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow.

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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi met the Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani on the sidelines of the Climate Summit in Glasgow.

Thani and Sisi also met British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as they arrive at the COP26 UN Climate Summit.  

The UN climate summit gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming.

British naturalist David Attenborough gave leaders at the UN climate summit in Glasgow a brief lesson is the fragility of the planet and humanity’s dependence on the natural world.

The 95-year-old documentary-maker, who was announced at Monday’s ceremonial opening as the "people’s advocate,” spoke ahead of presidents and prime ministers from more than 100 countries.

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