LONDON — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon played down hopes for the key Copenhagen summit on climate change Tuesday, suggesting that detail on an agreement may be lacking.
"I'm reasonably optimistic that this Copenhagen (summit) will be a very important milestone," Ban told reporters after talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London.
"At the same time, realistically speaking, we may not be able to have all the words on detailed matters."
He added: "We need the political will, if there is a political will I'm sure there is a way we can conclude a binding agreement."
Brown said he thought a deal was possible and restated his pledge to attend the talks in person.
"We will leave no stone unturned in the next few weeks," he said.
"We believe it's possible to get an agreement on long-term targets and intermediate targets."
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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