US Climate Envoy John Kerry Vows to Strengthen Cooperation in Meet with Chinese Officials

BEIJING, July 19 (TiPost)— John Kerry, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, pledged to strengthen cooperation between the world’s top two economies in his visit to China.

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Noting the United States and China are the two largest economies across the globe as well as the top two carbon dioxide emitters, Kerry told Chinese Premier Li Qiang that the U.S. hopes Sino-U.S. relations maintain stable, and wants to strengthen cooperation with China to jointly address climate change and other urgent global challenges, and push the 28th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change toward success.

As the third U.S. official to visit China in a month, Kerry’s trip was deemed as beginning of the first formal climate talks between China and U.S. in nearly a year, which could pave for smoother negotiations at the COP28 summit in the United Arab Emirates from November 30 until December 12.

In talks with Kerry, Li said enhanced cooperation between China and U.S. will benefit not only each other but also the whole world since the two are important countries.

Li believed Beijing and Washington should take concrete actions to implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state in Bali last November, properly manage differences and get relations of the two nations back on the track of sound and stable development as early as possible.

Li called the global response to climate change a tough task. He called for all countries including China and U.S. to strengthen coordination, build consensus and speed up actions to form a joint force as powerful as they can to handle climate change. Li pointed out each country shall shoulder their own responsibilities and adhere to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities in addressing climate change. Specifically speaking, developed countries should take the lead in reducing emissions, fulfill their financial commitments as soon as possible and give more technological support for developing countries, while developing ones should make contributions to their best.  

Li advocated for sharing scientific and technological achievements and promoting global green and low-carbon transformation. He said it is hopeful that China and U.S. to remain the cooperative spirit, respect each other’s core concerns, seek common ground while reserving differences through full communication, and explore more pragmatic institutionalized cooperation to promote the multilateral climate governance process and a complete and effective implementation of the Paris Agreement.

The United States treasures a stable Sino-U.S. relationship and is willing to work with China to further improve bilateral relations for the benefit of the world, Kerry said in a separate meet with Wang Yi, Director of the Communist Party of China Central Foreign Affairs Office. Kerry told Wang that the U.S. always abides by the one-China policy and stands ready to strengthen cooperation with China in the spirit of mutual respect, properly deal with differences between the two countries, and jointly address climate change and other global challenges.

Wang stressed the world needs a table Sino-U.S. relationship and the two sides should implement these common understandings reached by the heads of two states in Bali, work together to remove disturbances, and bring relations of two nations back to the track of sound development. The two countries’ cooperation on climate change has great potential, while such cooperation cannot materialize without the understanding and support of the two peoples and the general environment of China-U.S. relations, Wang said. The senior diplomat urged U.S. to pursue a rational, pragmatic and positive policy to China, continue to adhere to the one-China principle, properly handle the Taiwan question, get alone with China with mutual respect, and seek peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.

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