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Mali: PM Abdoulaye Maiga heads to Antalya to represent Goita at climate summit

Abdoulaye Maiga in military uniform in front of the Mali and African Union flags
Mali's Prime Minister Gen. Abdoulaye Maiga (file)

Madar (Bamako) - Mali's Prime Minister, Gen. Abdoulaye Maiga, left Bamako on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 for Antalya, Turkey, where he will represent the President of the Transition, Gen. Assimi Goita, at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), according to a Primature statement carried by the Malian news agency AMAP.

According to the agency, the head of government will deliver Mali's message from the podium of the climate conference. He was seen off by members of the government at Bamako-Senou international airport.

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani is also attending the summit, having arrived in Antalya on Tuesday morning, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).

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