The Turkish Embassy in Rabat announced that Nasser Bourita, Morocco’s minister of foreign affairs, African cooperation and Moroccans abroad, represented King Mohammed VI at the leaders’ summit held in Antalya as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31).
In a statement on Wednesday evening, the embassy expressed hope that Türkiye and Morocco would take joint steps “toward a sustainable, resilient and fair future” and that bilateral relations and global solidarity would be strengthened in the areas of the transition to green energy, climate justice and Africa’s future.

Leaders’ summit in Antalya
The leaders’ summit as part of COP31 began on Wednesday, 11 November, in Antalya under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. It will last two days, while the conference continues until 20 November.
Bourita appears in the photo published by the embassy seated in the Moroccan delegation’s seat in the meeting hall, behind a sign bearing Morocco’s name.
Morocco previously hosted the 22nd Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) in Marrakech in 2016.
Main image: Turkish Embassy in Rabat. Bourita photo: Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)