UK envoy apologizes to wheelchair-bound Israeli minister excluded from COP26

British Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan (Courtesy)
British Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan (Courtesy)

UK Ambassador to Israel Neil Wigan tweets that he is “disturbed” by Israeli Energy Minister Karine Elharrar being excluded from the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, over wheelchair inaccessibility.

“I apologize deeply and sincerely to the minister. We want a COP Summit that is welcoming and inclusive to everyone,” Wigan says.

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