Iraq has reservations over an item in COP28’s final deal – statement

COP28 President Sultan Al-Jaber speaks during the closing plenary session of the COP28 UN Climate Summit on Dec. 13, 2023 in Dubai. (AP)

• Item in final COP28 deal restricts its capabilities to work ‘to implement its commitments to the Iraqi people and national interests’

DUBAI: Iraq has reservations over an item in the final COP28 deal that restricts its capabilities to work “to implement its commitments to the Iraqi people and national interests,” according to a government statement on Thursday.
The government praised the efforts of the Iraqi negotiators who it said were able to preserve the role of fossil fuels as a tool for development and prevented the adoption of texts sought by some developed countries which are “harmful to the interests of our peoples.”