Copenhagen: Leaders back to the negotiating table
The heads of state and government who met late yesterday evening to resolve some problems in the climate negotiations continued their meeting on Friday morning. US President Barack Obama joined the meeting at around 10.00 and intensive discussions are underway.
Photo: Gunnar Seijbold/RK
Barack Obama arrives in Denmark
18 Dec: Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish Prime Minister, about the climate negotiations in Copenhagen
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“We have had good, constructive discussions tonight. We hope to be able to reach a political umbrella agreement”, said Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt after the meeting last night.
Some 25 heads of state and government met last night and will continue their talks this morning. Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, representing the Swedish EU Presidency, called the meeting, together with Commission President José Manuel Barroso. The talks were chaired by Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen.
Those attending the meeting included French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, South African President Jacob Zuma, Brazilian President Lula da Silva and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The UN Climate Change Conference is supposed to end today, so the time for talks is short.
Published
18 December09:04
Updated
18 December20:42
Council
European Council (not council-specific)
Location
Copenhagen, Denmark
Contacts
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Roberta Alenius
Press Secretary to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
+46 8 405 49 04
+46 702 70 72 17
