Clinton meets with Wen Jiabao in Copenhagen
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 ...
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)
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