RI TO PREPARE CONCRETE STEPS AFTER COPENHAGEN TALKS

Dubai, Dec 20 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia will prepare a number of concrete steps after the UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The move was part of active steps Indonesia would take without having to wait for the adoption of a new protocol to replace the Kyoto Protocol which will expire in 2012, the president said on Saturday night in a press conference during a stopover in Dubai on his flight from Copenhagen to Jakarta.

"Indonesia is moving forward so as not to miss every opportunity. We have been struggling and making every effort," he said.

Yudhoyono said the concept of the so-called Copenhagen Accord was endorsed by the plenary session on Saturday morning with 194 countries participating.

As a follow up to the developments, Indonesia hoped there would be profound concepts for discussion at a similar conference to be held in Mexico by the end of 2010, he said.

"Besides the updated national action plan, we have to ensure that regional action plans will be attached to it. By doing do, we do not need to wait for the adoption of a new protocol," he said.

The president and entourage are expected to arrive in Jakarta at 09.30 a.m.