“Cooperation with the West on climate has been halted, but there is an East”

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To stop global warming requires the efforts of all humanity. Our country has joined the Paris climate agreement and we had a programme to achieve climate neutrality. I hope we will move consistently towards this goal.

Unfortunately, active cooperation with Western countries has stopped. There are no active actions, joint programmes and projects now. But the world is a big place, and we can cooperate in this direction with Eastern countries that are now actively developing their climate agenda.

For example, China, like Russia, has a goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2060. In the Middle East, too, all these countries have climate goals, and are moving towards them. We will actively cooperate with these countries.

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