NAIROBI, Kenya
President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta will on Thursday co-chair an international environment meeting in Stockholm, Sweden.
President Kenyatta will
co-chair the two-day meeting dubbed ‘Stockholm+50’ with the host, Prime
Minister Magdalena Andersson.
Addressing the press in her
office in Stockholm ahead of the President’s arrival, Ambassador Diana
Kiambuthi said President Kenyatta will be leading the Kenyan delegation not
just as a co-chair of the meeting but also as a global champion on
environmental matters.
“So His Excellency the President will be here (Stockholm) to articulate Kenya’s position on the environmental debate regarding issues to do with climate change, nature and biodiversity loss.
Ambassador Kiambuthi added
that Stockholm+50 is also a commemoration of the first-ever international
meeting on environment held in Stockholm in 1972 that led to the establishment
of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) which Kenya proudly hosts.
Stockholm+50 comes between the
5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) and UNEP@ 50
held in Nairobi early this year and the 2022 UN Oceans Conference which Kenya
and Portugal will co-host in Lisbon from June 27 to July 1.
Besides the Stockholm+50
meeting, President Kenyatta will also chair a special high-level segment on “the
road to Lisbon” for the Oceans Conference as well as hold bilateral meetings
with other leaders focusing on the global action on climate change.
On the bilateral front, the
Kenyan Ambassador to Sweden said Kenya has enjoyed cordial bilateral relations
with the Nordic country for many decades.
“We have received a lot of
development assistance in terms of scholarship and social development like in
health. But for about the last 10 years we have had a policy shift as a country
and we are now pursuing more trade than aid. – Citizen TV
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