Wen Jiabao to represent China at Copenhagen clime conf.

BEIJING, November 26 (Itar-Tass) - Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China (PRC), will represent China at
the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Qin Gang, spokesman of
the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs, announced at a briefing here on
Thursday.
Qin pointed out, "The trip to the forum by the Chinese Head of
Government is called upon to demonstrate the importance that the PRC
authorities attach to the development of cooperation with the
international community on climate change problems".
Danish Prime Minister Lars Lekke Rasmussen on November 12 had
officially invited the Heads of State and Government of 191 countries to
participate in the two concluding days of the conference proceedings.
Participants in the forum in Copenhagen will seek to work out a new
agreement on cutbacks in emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere
in follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol.
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