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Friday 1 June 2007

Blair hails Bush climate targets

Referring to next week's G8 summit in Germany the Prime Minister went on: "It sets the right framework for next week's meeting.

UK.MSN, says,
Prime Minister Tony Blair has hailed US President George Bush's announcement on climate change as "a huge step forward". The president committed America for the first time to setting targets to cut its own greenhouse gas emissions. And he called for a global warming summit later this year to seek a new international consensus. Mr Blair, speaking on a visit to South Africa, told Sky News: "This is what we have been working for all the way through because the important thing is we need a deal in which America as well as China and India - in which all these countries are involved for the first time - and a deal that's about cutting these dangerous emissions. Obviously it's a big step forward." Referring to next week's G8 summit in Germany the Prime Minister went on: "It sets the right framework for next week's meeting.