“In the coming month, I will visit our neighbors on the shores of the Mediterranean: Greece, Cyprus and Turkey, and meet with their leaders,” the president began. Yitzhak Herzog This morning (Wednesday) during his speech at the climate conference of time and the Hebrew University. Herzog noted that he also “maintains a close and warm relationship with the leadership in Egypt, Jordan, the Emirates and the Palestinian Authority,” and that he intends to cooperate with them in order to create regional cooperation in dealing with the climate crisis.
As you may recall, earlier this month it was announced that President Herzog is expected to meet with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan In March. Erdogan said at the time that his country and Israel could work together to transfer natural gas to Europe, and that the two countries would discuss energy cooperation during the meetings.
“This is an emergency,” Herzog said. “The global climate crisis is only getting worse and worse, and unfortunately this is just the beginning. “.
The president further said that the climate challenge poses a challenge to the countries of the region that could create a “renewable Middle East”, as he defined it. “This is not a wing statement, from language and pressure, but a concept based on in-depth analysis and conversations with various leaders in our region, and with influential factors relevant to the region,” he explained.
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He went on to list the issues on the table, which he will try to promote with his counterparts in the region: “The platform exists, collaborations in various fields are already taking place in the field, from the issue of Biologically through respiration. ”
In conclusion, he said: “In a world of interests and concerns, in a world of international paranoia – global crises are the most important and best engine for a partnership. We must fight for it with all our might, and act until we reach that ‘renewed Middle East’. “It’s not our right, it’s our duty, and it’s beautiful one hour earlier.”