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- He arrives in Belem, Brazil, for 2-day summit of world leaders marking the start of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference, COP30
- He was greeted on arrival by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and will meet other leaders during the event
LONDON: Ahmad Al-Sharaa has become the first president of the Syrian Arab Republic to attend an annual UN Climate Change Conference.
He arrived on Thursday in Belem, Brazil, which is hosting the 2025 event, COP30, and was greeted by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The conference, which will run from Nov. 10 to 21, gathers representatives of more than 190 countries, including heads of state, ministers and other international leaders, to address urgent issues related to climate change and agree commitments for tackling them. The conference is preceded by a two-day summit of world leaders on Thursday and Friday.
While at the event, Al-Sharaa will meet with delegates and leaders from a number of countries, the Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The trip marks his first visit to South America since taking power in December after the collapse of the Assad regime in the face of an insurgent offensive that ended almost 14 years of civil war in Syria.
Al-Sharaa, accompanied by Prime Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani, will visit Washington on Monday and Tuesday next week, during which he will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House.