New Delhi, Nov 21: France on Friday said India will play a “pivotal” role in the upcoming Paris climate change summit where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President François Hollande will jointly launch the International Solar Alliance proposed by India.
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, who held deliberations with Modi and Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar ahead of the crucial summit, termed India as a “key” player in the climate negotiations and said solutions “cannot” be reached without consensus among important nations like India.
Observing that India will not only engage “pragmatically and with constructive spirit”, Fabius said that he believed that India will bring decisive solutions to many issues during the summit apart from “steering” other countries upwards.
“India for many reasons is key player and a close friend. It is important that we could understand what is the approach of India when it comes to summit. The presidency should be impartial and help to find solutions. But the solutions cannot be found without the consensus of country like India,” Fabius told reporters during a joint media conference with Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar.
