The World Economic Forum (WEF), which has been held in Davos, Switzerland since 1971, starts tomorrow. WEF founder Prof. Dr. In his statement, Klaus Schwab stated that the increasing fragmentation at the global and national level combined with the erosion of trust, explained that this year's theme of the summit is "Cooperation in a Fragmented World". Within the scope of the summit, many issues such as climate change, inflation, food security, hunger, terrorism and the Russia-Ukraine War, energy and labor will be discussed in the sessions and conferences. The summit will focus on solutions and public-private cooperation to tackle the problems facing the world.
Russia banned from the summit
While Turkey does not attend the summit at the official level, it will take place at the summit from the Turkish business world. While Russia was not invited to the summit, those coming from Russia were also banned from entering the summit. Russian citizens working in different countries will be able to attend the summit.
Among the names that will attend the summit are European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, European Union (EU) Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU Parliament (EP) President Roberta Metsola, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De. Croo, Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov, Colombian President Ivan Duque, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, Greek Prime Minister Kiryakos Mitsotakis, Iraqi President Berham Salih, Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) President Nechirvan Barzani, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Polish President Andrzej Duda, Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamed Al Sani, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. .
Protests are expected
While protests were expected to be held during the summit, Switzerland sent an additional 5,000 soldiers to the police for the security of the summit. Roads and railways passing through the town of Davos will be strictly inspected.
