APP Email 7.27.05 (c)
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The United States has joined with Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea to form a new Asia-Pacific partnership focused on clean development, energy security, and climate change. This partnership will allow these nations to more quickly develop and deploy cleaner, more efficient energy technologies to address issues of pollution reduction, energy security, and climate change while also reducing poverty and promoting economic growth. The US Secretary of State and Secretary of Energy will meet with their counterparts in these countries in the fall to advance this new partnership and provide guidance for their collaborative efforts.
APP Email 7.27.05 (c)
- 1. From: White House Press Releases To: Hannegan. Bryan J.; CC: Subject: STATEMENT BY THE PRE IDENT Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:0k0:41 PM Attachments: THE WHr TE HODUSE office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release July 27, 2005 STATEMENT B1 THE PRESIDENT The United States has joined w'th Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea to area e a new Asia-Pacific partnership on clean development, energy s curity, and climate change. This new results-oriented part ership will allow our nations to develop and accelerate deploym nt of cleaner, more efficient energy technologies to meet na ional pollution reduction, energy security, and climate a ange concerns in ways that reduce poverty and promote eco omic development. The six Asia- Pacific partners will build on our strong history of common approaches and demonstrated co peration on clean energy technologies. I have directed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Energy S m Bodman to meet with their counterparts this fall to carr forward our new partnership and provide direction for our join: work.