President to address COP-27 in Egypt on Monday (7)

COLOMBO (News 1st) - President Ranil Wickremesinghe will address the COP-27 Conference on Climate Change on Monday (7).

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe left the island on Sunday (6) for Egypt to participate in the COP-27 Conference on Climate Change which is scheduled to be held from November 6 to 18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

President Wickremesinghe is scheduled to address the conference on Climate Change issues in Sri Lanka and around the world, on November 7th and 8th.

Concurrently, President Wickremesinghe will attend the Global Food Security Forum and the World Leaders’ Forum.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe met the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, upon his arrival in Egypt, Cairo on Sunday (6).

The President briefed the Secretary-General on the Government’s plans on the National Environmental Policy.