President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s wife, Emine Erdoğan, met with Frans Timmermans, Senior Vice President of the EU Commission, who is in Turkey to attend the European Union (EU) High Level Climate Change Meeting, at the Presidential Complex. Emine Erdoğan shared those moments on social Twitter.
During the meeting of Emine Erdoğan with EU Commission Senior Vice President Timmermans and her delegation, the issues of environment and combating climate change were discussed. During the meeting, First Lady Erdoğan underlined the importance of local Zero’ ownership of the environment and Waste and the importance of international cooperation on the environment.
EU Commission Senior Vice President Timmermans said that they followed Emine Erdogan’s leadership on the environment and zero waste with admiration. Timmermans also described Turkey’s signing of the Paris Climate Agreement as a historic decision.
In the meeting, where the issue of reducing plastic use on a global scale was also on the agenda, EU Commission Senior Vice President Timmermans was informed about Zero Waste, Zero Waste Blue projects, and EU Commission Senior Vice President Timmermans explained the projects they carry out on organic fertilizers.
Emine Erdogan shared those moments on her social media account. Erdogan shared, “We came together with @TimmermansEU, the Vice President of the EU Commission for Environment.
We talked about our #ZiFirAtik project. We touched on the importance of international cooperation on the environment. We exchanged ideas on various issues from bottom sea cleaning to environmentally friendly agricultural techniques.” she said she.
Timmermans presented Emine Erdogan with natural room fragrances from Isparta, designed in local production workshops supported by the EU-Turkey delegation, and a shawl made of Ankara mohair.
Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Murat Kurum, Deputy Minister and Chief Climate Change Negotiator Mehmet Emin Birpınar also attended the meeting.
