Nikolic to attend signing of Paris climate deal

BELGRADE - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic will on Friday, April 22, attend the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change at the UN headquarters in New York.

President Nikolic will attend the ceremony at the invitation of French President Francois Hollande and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Nikolic's presidential press office said in a statement.

The Paris deal emerged as the conclusion of the top-level COP 21 climate change conference, which was held in the French capital in late 2015, bringing together over 140 heads of state and government.