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Zoellick To Address Secret Climate Talks: US
Washington (AFP) Jul 27, 2005 US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick will offer details at a summit in Laos on reported secret US talks with Australia on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, US officials said Wednesday. "I think Deputy Secretary Zoellick, who has just arrived in Laos for the ASEAN meeting, will have more to say about this tomorrow, local time, later on today our time," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. "So I would hesitate to preempt the deputy secretary at this point," the spokesman told reporters. The White House declined to confirm explicitly a report in The Australian newspaper that the two allies had quietly worked to build an international agreement to battle global warming, but said an explanation would come soon. The Australian -- which said that the negotiations had also involved China, India and South Korea -- reported that the new pact aimed to replace the 1999 Kyoto Protocol, which the United States and Australia have repudiated. "I do expect that you'll be hearing more out of the region later, and I think we may have some more information that we'll be able to get into with you later, as well," spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters. "You've heard the president talk about how we have been working in partnership with countries around the world to promote cleaner energy and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that is something we have continued to move forward on," he said. "In terms of the specific announcement that you're talking about, I've seen some media reports," said McClellan. "But I'm not going to make the announcement ahead of anything that's going to be coming out of there first." Australian Environment Minister Ian Campbell confirmed that the United States and Australia had been secretly negotiating and that details of the international deal as well as the countries involved would be announced soon. "The countries that are involved in any future proposal will be announced when we announce the details of the proposal," Campbell told reporters, adding that this would be "in the very near future". "Australia is, and I reassure the Australian people, working on something that is more effective post-Kyoto," Campbell said. Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express 
US And Australia In Secret Climate Pact: Report
Sydney (SPX) Jul 27, 2005A group of countries including the United States, Australia, China, India and South Korea have agreed a secret pact on greenhouse gas emissions to replace the Kyoto climate protocol, a report said Wednesday. |
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