China rejects UK claims it hindered Copenhagen talks

[TomCADem]

Source: BBC

China has dismissed allegations made by a British minister that it was responsible for the near collapse of climate negotiations in Copenhagen.

Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband had singled out China for vetoing an agreement on limiting emissions.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu did not mention Mr Miliband by name, but in comments reported by the Xinhua state news agency, she said statements from "certain British politicians" were "plainly a political scheme".

The aim, she said, was "to shirk responsibilities that should be assumed towards developing countries, and to provoke discord among developing countries".



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