A number of APEC economic leaders during its 17th summit in Singapore. (ANTARA/REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made the statement at Marina Mandarin Hotel here on Monday morning before leaving for Jakarta at about 11:15 a.m. local time.
"The APEC economic leaders actually did not plan to discuss the target of gas the target of gas emission reduction, because it was an economic forum where we have China Taipei and China Hong Kong," President Yudhoyono said.
Yudhoyono said he never heard that in the APEC declaration a certain figure of gas emission reduction would be mentioned.
"Even in the summits of G20, ASEAN, EAS, and APEC there was no agreement to mention a particular figure in gas emission because it is discussed in the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) forum," the president said.
The president said China has even agreed that at the coming Copenhagen meeting the target of a figure and the time for gas emission should have been made clear.
"Although we talk about climate change at APEC, G20, or ASEAN meetings, they are not forum to produce a communique with the target of gas emission reduction," Yudhoyono said.
Therefore he added that APEC declaration on climate change could not be said to have failed because APEC was not a forum to negotiate climate change.
Indonesia supported APEC important role in the improvement of regional economic cooperation, and plaid its active role in APEC future cooperation development. (*)
