Japan, Uruguay to work together for success of Copenhagen forum

TOKYO, Dec. 14 Kyodo -
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Uruguayan President Tabare Ramon
Vazquez Rosas agreed Monday to work closely together to make the ongoing U.N.
climate change conference in Copenhagen a success, the Japanese Foreign
Ministry said.
''With mutual cooperation, I would like to lead it (the conference) to
success,'' Hatoyama was quoted as telling Vazquez in their 50-minute talks at
the prime minister's office in Tokyo.
Vazquez replied that not only industrialized nations but also developing ones
have a responsibility to contain global warming, stressing the importance for
developing nations to act and protect the environment instead of merely
demanding financial support, according to the ministry.
Earlier in the day, Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and his counterpart
Pedro Vaz Ramela of Uruguay agreed that Japan would offer up to 730 million yen
in grant aid to Uruguay to help the South American country develop solar power
panels and other equipment to generate energy using solar power.
Vazquez told Hatoyama that his country is aware of the importance of
environmental protection and will increase the usage of renewable energy
sources such as wind power and biomass energy, according to the ministry.
==Kyodo
2009-12-15 00:03:59