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18 Dec 2009, 1539 hrs IST, AGENCIES
In what is seen as a diplomatic coup for India at Copenhagen, Chinese Premiere Web Jiabao assured Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh that they would not meddle in the affairs of South Asia.
This assurance from China clearly suggests that they would not interfere into Indias domestic affairs especially the Kashmir issue with Pakistan. Obama had earlier told China to add pressure on India and Pakistan to settle the Kashmir issue.
At the Copenhagen climate summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao where the two leaders also discussed fears of an "in umbrella paragraph" which could be smuggled in to the political draft in Copenhegan.
India and China were kept out of a key high level meeting last night following the state dinner. Both nations have agreed to work jointly between now and the plenary and the final adoption of the draft at Copenhagen.
During his meeting with Wen, Singh recalled that the two countries have been cooperating at various fora, including the G-20. "We need to continue the cooperation," said the Prime Minister, who arrived in the Danish capital late last night to take part in the high-level segment UN climate talks.
India and China are the key members of the BASIC bloc -- with others being Brazil and South Africa -- which along with other developing countries have been resisting attempts by the rich nations to set aside the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The protocol sets legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for industrialised nations. It also has a strong compliance mechanism which penalises the rich nations if they do not meet emission reduction targets agreed upon by them.
No headway was made in climate talks in Copenhagen with the US and China refusing to budge from their positions on emission cuts as negotiators struggled today to strike a face-saving deal to tackle global warming. Indications of an impasse in the talks came from Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren who said no agreed text had emerged ahead of the meeting of 110 world leaders.
"It is now up to the world leaders to decide," he said while blaming China and the US for the deadlock.
In what is seen as a diplomatic coup for India at Copenhagen, Chinese Premiere Web Jiabao assured Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh that they would not meddle in the affairs of South Asia.
This assurance from China clearly suggests that they would not interfere into Indias domestic affairs especially the Kashmir issue with Pakistan. Obama had earlier told China to add pressure on India and Pakistan to settle the Kashmir issue.
At the Copenhagen climate summit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao where the two leaders also discussed fears of an "in umbrella paragraph" which could be smuggled in to the political draft in Copenhegan.
India and China were kept out of a key high level meeting last night following the state dinner. Both nations have agreed to work jointly between now and the plenary and the final adoption of the draft at Copenhagen.
During his meeting with Wen, Singh recalled that the two countries have been cooperating at various fora, including the G-20. "We need to continue the cooperation," said the Prime Minister, who arrived in the Danish capital late last night to take part in the high-level segment UN climate talks.
India and China are the key members of the BASIC bloc -- with others being Brazil and South Africa -- which along with other developing countries have been resisting attempts by the rich nations to set aside the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. The protocol sets legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets for industrialised nations. It also has a strong compliance mechanism which penalises the rich nations if they do not meet emission reduction targets agreed upon by them.
No headway was made in climate talks in Copenhagen with the US and China refusing to budge from their positions on emission cuts as negotiators struggled today to strike a face-saving deal to tackle global warming. Indications of an impasse in the talks came from Swedish Environment Minister Andreas Carlgren who said no agreed text had emerged ahead of the meeting of 110 world leaders.
"It is now up to the world leaders to decide," he said while blaming China and the US for the deadlock.
