PM considering invite to attend climate change summit: Ramesh

New Delhi, Nov 27 (PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh is considering an invitation to attend the UN climate
change conference at Copenhagen next month, the country's
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said.

US President Barack Obama and Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao have already expressed their intention to attend the
15th conference of signatories to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change slated to kick off on December 9.
"Our prime Minister has received the invitation to go
to Copenhagen. The decision will be his. I am sure he is
considering it. But I know he has been invited to attend the
summit of the heads of the state on December 18," Ramesh said
on the sidelines of CII-ITC Sustainability Awards function
here yesterday.
India, along with other developing nations, have
rejected mandated cuts in carbon emissions arguing that it
would hamper their economic growth. They also stressed that
rich and developed nations should lead the way in cutting
greenhouse gases. MORE PTI AJ
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