The Kyoto Agreement

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Russia May Soon Ratify Kyoto Protocol

— Security Council Chief

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MosNews

25.06.2004

Russia may soon ratify Kyoto protocol on climate change, Russian Security Council chief Igor Ivanov said Friday.

Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi, he said that he expected that Russia could give a positive answer in a not too distant future, Reuters reported citing Kyodo news agency.

In May, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow would move to ratify the protocol after an agreement with the European Union on entry to the World Trade Organisation.

Earlier this month, the head of the U.N. Environment Programme, Klaus Toepfer, quoted by Reuters said he expected Russia to ratify by the next meeting of Kyoto signatories, scheduled for December in Buenos Aires.