EU, Russia agree to cooperate in climate, energy fields
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EU-Russian cooperation in climate and energy fields will be further intensified, the leaders from the EU and Russia said after one day's EU-Russian summit on Wednesday.
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European Commison President Jose Manuel Barroso (L), Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (C) and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrick Reinfeldt attend a news conference after a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Nov. 18, 2009. EU-Russian cooperation in climate and energy fields will be further intensified, the leaders from the EU and Russia said after the summit on Wednesday. [Wu Ping/Xinhua] |
Climate change and energy issues dominated the discussions at the summit, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country is the current rotating presidency of EU, said at a joint press conference together with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President of the European Commission Jos Manuel Barroso and EU High Representative Javier Solana after the summit.
Reinfeldt welcomed Russia's constructive attitude to climate change, while emphasizing that cooperation between the EU and Russia on climate change needs to be further strengthened.
"We are in agreement on the two degree target and the need for emissions reductions from both developed and developing countries in order to reach it. Russia is one of the world's greatest emitting countries, so it has an important role to play if the world is to reach a climate agreement in Copenhagen," said the Swedish prime minister.
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European Commison President Jose Manuel Barroso speaks at a news conference after a one-day EU-Russia summit in Stockholm, capital of Sweden, Nov. 18, 2009. [Wu Ping/Xinhua] |
Russia has already met its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and it will further reduce its emissions, President Medvedev said at the press conference.
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