LD SARAN 2

Saran stressed that in India a legally binding
commitment from developed nations would carry more weight than
a politically binding one. "We must not preempt the results of
these negotiations," he told PTI.

"As far as India is concerned and also other members
of the G 77 and China we have argued that we have a week of
negotiating time left before the high-level segment.
"Before the Heads of state/government arrive for the
High Level Meet before December16th the two ad hoc working
groups – the Ad Hoc Working group on the Long Term Cooperative
Action under the Bali Action Plan and the Ad Hoc Working Group
on the Kyoto Protocol will be continuing their work from where
the negotiations left off in Barcelona.
At the same time, a second track of negotiations are
being for conducted for the extension of the Kyoto Protocol
into its second commitment period following the end of the
first commitment period on December 31, 2012 under which
industrialised nations are obligated to legally binding carbon
emission cuts.
When asked by PTI that in the last minute momentum
of getting a deal done India would be forced to sign a broad
political agreement that may be against some its positions on
Climate Change, Saran emphasised that New Delhi would not get
hustled.
He also highlighted that India would not be "isolated"
since it was working with a large group of G 77 and China and
all decisions would be based on "consensus." "India is working
together with a very large number of developing countries. It
is not a matter of India getting isolated or India getting
hustled into something," Saran said. (MORE) PTI BS
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