Chinese premier leaves for home after climate conference

December 19, 2009 04:43 am | Updated December 16, 2016 02:55 pm IST - COPENHAGEN

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao left for home on Friday after attending the UN climate change conference here.

During his three-day stay in the Danish capital, Wen exchanged views with Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and U.S. President Barack Obama. On Thursday, Wen also met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as well as Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and Sudanese Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafieon.

Mr. Wen, who arrived here on Wednesday, delivered a speech at the opening session of the final summit segment of the UN climate change conference on Friday.

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