New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the opening session of the World Climate Action Summit in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and participate in the three high-level side events, of which two will be co-hosted by India.
PM Modi is leaving for UAE on Thursday evening and attend the summit events on Friday.
Addressing a special briefing on PM Modi's visit to UAE here on Thursday, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said the Prime Minister will also attend an event related to Green Credits Initiative.
"The Prime Minister will be travelling to Dubai later this evening to attend World Climate Action Summit which is the high-level segment of the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Departing later this evening, he will be attending the summit events tomorrow before returning to India later tomorrow evening," he said.
"In terms of participation at the COP28, the Prime Minister will deliver his address at the opening session of the World Climate Action Summit. Besides his address to the COP28, the Prime Minister will also be participating in three high-level side events, of which two are being co-hosted by India. The first high-level event, which is being co-hosted by India, and the UAE is the launch of the Green Credits Initiative," Kwatra added. (with ANI inputs)
