India an important player in upcoming climate change negotiations, says French Foreign Minister

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Friday said that India is a very important player in the upcoming climate change negotiations and France expects India to take a leadership role in successful outcome of Paris agreement.

Fabius also appreciated India's efforts towards launching a Global Solar Alliance on 30th November 2015 at Paris, while discussing the upcoming session of 21st Conference of Parties to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in a bilateral meeting held here Friday under the leadership of Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar.

The leaders of both the delegations held a detailed discussion on various key issues on negotiating table and assured each other of developing key bridging proposals on major issues. They hoped to achieve convergence on all the key issues.

Both leaders agreed to work for an equitable, pragmatic, comprehensive and ambitious agreement based on the principles of Convention of equity and Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR&RC).

The upcoming session of 21st Conference of Parties (COP-21) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is scheduled be held from 30 November 2015 to 11 December 2015 in Paris, France.