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COP26: wait for decision on Xi Jinping’s summit appearance, Chinese envoy says
- Chinese foreign ministry has yet to make announcement on whether Xi will be in Glasgow
- Climate envoy Xie Zhenhua says Beijing is working for the success of the conference
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China attaches great importance to tackling climate change but an announcement has yet to be made on whether President Xi Jinping will attend the COP26 summit, China’s special climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, said on Tuesday.
Asked if Xi would attend the COP26 conference in person, or by video call or not at all, Xie said: “We still need to wait for the information [from the] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and only after they make an announcement will we tell you.”
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said last week she was irritated by world leaders who talk about climate change but did nothing to address global warming, and added it was still unclear who would turn up at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as host of the summit, has cast the meeting as one of the last major chances to cool down the planet, and had hoped it would showcase his attempt at global leadership.
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US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will attend the summit. The Kremlin has not yet said whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend.
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