By Bloomberg News March 14 (Bloomberg) — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended China’s conduct at the December climate-change meeting in Copenhagen, saying he skipped a leaders’ meeting because his delegation hadn’t been formally notified. “My conscience remains untainted,” Wen said at a press conference in Beijing today marking the end of China’s annual parliamentary meeting. Talks between 193 countries in Copenhagen broke down, failing to yield a binding agreement on curbing greenhouse gases. Wen, whose nation is the biggest emitter of the pollution blamed for global warming, said it remains “a mystery to me” why he received no formal notice of the leaders’ meeting, which included U.S. President Barack Obama . Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei went instead and protested that China hadn’t been notified, Wen said today. The Copenhagen results were “the best outcome that could have been achieved,” Wen said, adding that China “highly commends and supports the Copenhagen accord.” — Michael Forsythe , Eugene Tang , Li Yanping . Editors: Paul Panckhurst , John Liu To contact Bloomberg News staff on this story: Michael Forsythe in Washington at +86-10-6649-7580 or mforsythe@bloomberg.net
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Wen Says His Conscience Is Clear Over China’s Role at the Climate Summit
