Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received Kurdistan Region of Iraq President Nechirvan Barzani in Antalya on Wednesday, as world leaders gathered for the COP31 United Nations Climate Change Conference summit.
Barzani arrived in Antalya on Tuesday evening in response to an official invitation from Erdoğan. On Wednesday, he headed to the conference venue to attend the two-day leaders’ summit.

The summit is being held as part of the 31st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, hosted by Türkiye in Antalya from November 9 to 20, with the participation of more than 100 heads of state and government.
The Kurdistan Region and Türkiye maintain close economic and political ties, and Türkiye is one of the region’s leading trading partners.