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NEW DELHI: India and other South Asian nations on Tuesday made it clear that climate change negotiations in Copenhagen should adhere to the Kyoto Protocol that imposes emission cuts on developed countries.

The Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, told presspersons after the eighth meeting of SAARC Environment Ministers that the SAARC members would also adhere to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Bali Action Plan.

“The SAARC speaks in one voice that we should not move away from UNFCCC, Kyoto Protocol and the Bali Action Plan on climate change,’’ he said.

Mr Ramesh, however, refused to take any questions on his letter to the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in which he had reportedly suggested junking Kyoto Protocol and getting out of the G-77 on climate change issues. — PTI

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