The United States will continue to participate in international climate change negotiations and meetings to protect US interests.
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Washington: The United States will still take part in international climate change negotiations despite its planned withdrawal from the Paris accord on global warming, the State Department said .
"The United States will continue to participate in international climate change negotiations and meetings to protect US interests and ensure all future policy options remain open to the administration," said a State Department statement.
"Such participation will include ongoing negotiations related to guidance for implementing the Paris Agreement."
( Source : AFP )
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