Løkkes tale ved Pre-COP

Copenhagen should neither be a stopover nor a tiny stepping stone as some proclaim. Let there be no doubt about our intentions.

Lars Løkke Rasmussen (V)
Statsminister

Pre-COP Consultations Copenhagen, 17 November 2009.
Address by Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Thank you for this opportunity to address the pre-COP consultations. I know Connie has made you work hard at this meeting as well as at previous sessions of the Greenland Dialogue. Hard work and political will is the only way forward - and it is not over yet.

I am just back from a meeting with leaders gathered for the APEC Summit in Singapore. We had a very encouraging discussion. And we reminded ourselves of the mandates and the deadline set at Bali.

I presented the vision for an ambitious, binding agreement in Copenhagen. An agreement providing for immediate and strong action within all areas of the Bali mandates. And setting us on track for a comprehensive legal framework.