World News: Russia says Putin won’t fly to Glasgow, in blow for climate talks – Gulf Digital News
- Date: 20-Oct-2021
- Source: Gulf Daily News
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Gulf
World News: Russia says Putin won’t fly to Glasgow, in blow for climate talks – Gulf Digital News
MOSCOW: Russia delivered a blow to hopes of a breakthrough international deal on climate change when the Kremlin said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin would not fly to Scotland for talks starting at the end of this month.
Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he would take part remotely, but the no-show by the leader of the world's fourth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases is the latest setback, with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also uncertain to attend.
Britain, which hosts the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, or COP26, in Glasgow from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12, is seeking support from major powers for a more radical plan to tackle global warming.
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