Summary During his stay, PM Nawaz will meet various global leaders
PARIS (Dunya News) – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received a splendid welcome upon arrival in Paris on Sunday to participate in UN Climate Summit in which leaders of 147 countries are participating, Dunya News reported.
During his stay, PM Nawaz will participate in the UN Climate Summit and meet various global leaders. The summit is scheduled to begin tomorrow (Monday) in which presidents of the United States (US), Russia and China and Prime Ministers of Britain and Pakistan among several other leaders from as many as 147 countries will participate.
The Prime Minister will inform the international community about Pakistan’s effort to deal with the ongoing climate change challenges. The First Lady Begum Kalsoom Nawaz and Special Advisor Tariq Fatmi are also accompanying the Prime Minister.
During his stay, PM Nawaz will meet various global leaders.
Read: Paris human chain presses leaders for climate deal
Protesters linked hands near the heart of the Paris terror attacks Sunday but others clashed with police, giving an emotional jolt to world leaders flying into the French capital to try to save Earth from climate catastrophe.
As hundreds of thousands of people joined protests worldwide, the human chain aimed to send a highly symbolic message to leaders on the eve of the official opening of a 195-nation UN climate summit in Paris.
French authorities cancelled two climate demonstrations in the City of Light after gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people on November 13 for security reasons.
Though the Paris protests were overwhelmingly peaceful, a small band of anti-capitalist militants clashed with riot police in the late afternoon leading to the arrests of about 100 people.
Instead of marching, many activists left thousands of pairs of shoes -- weighing more than four tonnes according to organisers -- on Place de la Republique square. A pair of running shoes was left by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, and Pope Francis sent shoes to be placed on his behalf.
In the first organised demonstration in the French capital since the attacks, climate protesters of all ages lined the wind-blown streets to link up in a two-kilometre (1.2-mile) human chain.
"Hear our voices! We are here!" they chanted.
