By Kate Abnett and Tuvan Gumrukcu
LUXEMBOURG, June 26 (Reuters) – The European Union has rebuked Turkey for excluding Cyprus from preparations for this year’s U.N. climate summit, as diplomatic tensions mount over the issue ahead of the global climate talks.
Turkey will host the COP31 climate summit in November, where nearly 200 countries will gather for their annual talks on how to address global warming.
At a meeting of EU climate ministers on Thursday, Cyprus said it had not been invited by Turkey to two preparatory meetings for COP31, in New York and Tokyo.
Article origin: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/eu-warns-turkey-over-unacceptable-snub-cyprus-climate-summit-preparations
Original author: Kate Abnett
