Flemish Environment Minister will not be attending COP27 summit in person. “Egypt’s human rights record hardly better than Qatar’s” | VRT NWS: news

The Flemish Environment and Planning Minister Zuhal Demir (nationalist) has announced that she will not be attending the COP27 summit at Sharm-el-Sheikh in person. In a statement released on Friday Ms Demir said she would not be travelling to Egypt as the country’s human rights record is “pitiful”. She will instead take part in the conference via a video link. The environmentalist group Greenpeace says that while it understands the background to Ms Demir’s decision, it believes that the Flemish