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India resists Japan's call to support 2050 emissions cut target
NEW DELHI, Aug. 6 Kyodo - Japan called for India's support on Tuesday for a target of halving global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but India made it clear it is difficult to accept a long-term target as developed and developing nations have different
responsibilities.
The request was made during talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko
Komura and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.
Japan, which holds this year's Group of Eight presidency, is eager to convince
India, one of the world's major emitters, to agree to the 2050 target and to
join a post-2012 global framework. The G-8 summit in July agreed to seek other
nations in the world to ''share'' the goal of halving emissions.
At Tuesday's meeting, Komura also said Japan plans to provide 104.7 billion yen
worth of low-interest loans to India for subway and road construction,
according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
Earlier Tuesday, in talks between Komura and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, India called for Japan to support its civil nuclear cooperation deal
with the United States but Japan fell short of doing so, although it agreed to
continue close consultations with India on the matter.
''Japan is the world's only country to have suffered atomic bombings and we are
aiming for the abolition of nuclear weapons through nonproliferation and
disarmament,'' Komura told Singh, while expressing understanding on the use of
atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
Komura and Singh also agreed to aim to conclude negotiations for a bilateral
free trade agreement before Singh's planned visit to Japan in October, the
ministry said.
Before the controversial U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative can
enter into force, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which includes Japan,
has to issue an exemption for nuclear commerce with India, which has not signed
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors, of which Japan is
a member, approved a nuclear safeguards agreement with India last Friday as
part of procedures to pave the way for the U.S.-India deal.
==Kyodo
responsibilities.
The request was made during talks between Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko
Komura and his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi.
Japan, which holds this year's Group of Eight presidency, is eager to convince
India, one of the world's major emitters, to agree to the 2050 target and to
join a post-2012 global framework. The G-8 summit in July agreed to seek other
nations in the world to ''share'' the goal of halving emissions.
At Tuesday's meeting, Komura also said Japan plans to provide 104.7 billion yen
worth of low-interest loans to India for subway and road construction,
according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.
Earlier Tuesday, in talks between Komura and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh, India called for Japan to support its civil nuclear cooperation deal
with the United States but Japan fell short of doing so, although it agreed to
continue close consultations with India on the matter.
''Japan is the world's only country to have suffered atomic bombings and we are
aiming for the abolition of nuclear weapons through nonproliferation and
disarmament,'' Komura told Singh, while expressing understanding on the use of
atomic energy for peaceful purposes.
Komura and Singh also agreed to aim to conclude negotiations for a bilateral
free trade agreement before Singh's planned visit to Japan in October, the
ministry said.
Before the controversial U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative can
enter into force, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group, which includes Japan,
has to issue an exemption for nuclear commerce with India, which has not signed
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors, of which Japan is
a member, approved a nuclear safeguards agreement with India last Friday as
part of procedures to pave the way for the U.S.-India deal.
==Kyodo
