The United States Special Envoy for ClimateJohn Kerry said today that cooperation between United States and China to curb the climate crisis and protect the environment is crucial and independent of the divisions of both in matters of human rights.
“There is nothing more important than cooperation between the United States and China on climate,” said the US representative in an interview for the Italian newspaper ‘Corriere della Sera’.
Kerry has traveled to Rome to participate in a seminar on current economic, political and ethical challenges, organized by the Vatican, and during his visit to the Italian capital he has met with the Prime Minister Mario Draghi and several ministers, and this Saturday has been received by Pope Francis.
Jose Luis Gallego
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Asked if discrepancies in human rights can stop this cooperation in the environment with the Asian giant, Kerry trusted that it is not like this: “I hope not (…) Of course there are other critical issues, which absolutely I don’t want to belittle, each one of them extraordinarily important, but we are committed to try to keep a separate weather path, that does not imply assignments in other subjects, “he said.
“The climate is the climate, an issue in itself, we will not give in to anyone’s human rights or other aspects,” he said, while guaranteeing that China accepts it because it has declared that “one of the areas in which it can cooperate with Washington it is the weather”.
Kerry cited that on his trip to Rome he has addressed issues with the Executive such as the digital transformation, the ecological transition and the role of Italy in rotating presidency of the G20 and as co-chair of COP26 (United Nations Conference on Climate Change 2021) to be held in November in Glasgow (United Kingdom).
Regarding the administration of Joe Biden, Kerry stated that he is studying lift the ban on vaccine exports and “his wish is for it to happen as soon as possible, now that it occurs above internal needs.”
This Saturday Kerry was received by Francis at the Vatican, at the first meeting of Jorge bergoglio with a senior executive from Biden.
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