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Russia says US pullout ‘seriously undermines’ climate pact
MOSCOW, Nov 5, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Russia on Tuesday joined other nations in
criticising the US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, saying it
seriously undermined the agreement.
The US pullout “undermines this agreement in the most serious way, because
it is the leading country in terms of emissions,” President Vladimir Putin’s
spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“And without the largest economy in the world, it’s very, very hard to talk
about any kind of climate agreement.”
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