India need to be part of the climate change agreement: Clinton

Washington, Jan 14 (PTI) The US Secretary of
State-designate, Hillary Clinton, has said countries including
India must be made part of any agreement on climate change and
announced that the Obama Administration would appoint a
Climate Change Envoy for the purpose.

"As we move toward Copenhagen and attempt to craft a
climate change agreement, all the major nations must be part
of it. You know, China, India, Russia, and others, they have
to be part of whatever agreement we put forth," Clinton said
during the course of her nomination hearing before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday.

"I think, as I say, this can be both included in but
also independently given attention to by emphasising energy
security which I intend to do," she said.

In response to a question from Senator John Kerry,
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Clinton
said: "We will have a climate change envoy negotiator, because
we want to elevate it and we want to have one person who will
lead our international efforts."

At the same time, she said that America's credibility
leading internationally will depend, in large measure, on what
the US is able to accomplish here at home. PTI LKJ
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