(Reuters) -Ethiopia launched a bid on Wednesday to host the United Nations climate change summit in 2027 in the capital Addis Ababa, putting it in competition with Nigeria, which wants Lagos to play host.

Nearly 200 countries gather each year for the two-week “Conference of Parties” – referred to as COP – which is the main global negotiation between governments on tackling climate change.

“We have the capacity, the facilities, the location, the connectivity to host the much-anticipated climate summit,” Ethiopian President Taye Atske Selassie told a U.N. event in Addis Ababa.

COP summits rotate around the world’s regions. The 54 countries of the U.N.’s Africa regional group must unanimously decide who will host COP32 in 2027.

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