Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton met with Chinese premier Wen
Jaibao on the sidelines of the climate change conference in Copenhagen on
Thursday, following her morning remarks in
which she talked about the $100 billion worldwide commitment by 2020 for
developing countries to fight global warming.
Clinton also talked about China in her Thursday morning
press conference, laying out in fairly stark terms what she expects from China.
"It would be hard to imagine, speaking for the United
States, that there could be the level of financial commitment that I have just
announced in the absence of transparency from the second biggest emitter -- and
now I guess the first biggest emitter, and now nearly, if not already, the
second biggest economy," Clinton said.
"There has to be a willingness to move toward transparency
in whatever form we finally determine is appropriate. So, if there is not even
a commitment to pursue transparency, that's kind of a dealbreaker for us."
Here are her other Thursday meetings, provided on background
from a State Department official:
12:30 She met with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
12:55 She met with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
1:30 She met with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim
2:00 She spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about the follow on to the
START agreement. (National Security Advisor Jim Jones will meet on START with his counterpart Friday)
2:30 She met with select leaders from the Alliance of Small
Island States (AOSIS)
NO matter how hard some people try, i don't think the copenhagen summit is going anywhere positive. The pressurisation of the developed nations doesn't seem to work with the current nations. I dont think the copenhagen summit has had as much a positive effect as expected as nations haven't agreed on a legally binding treaty to curb the pollution.
Regards, seo articles
Josh Rogin reports on national security and foreign policy from the Pentagon to Foggy Bottom, the White House to Embassy Row, for The Cable.
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