Asian giants China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners.Beijing's foreign minister said it was a new beginning, and Indonesia's leader said he was pleased with the result. Earlier, US President Barack Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers. The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the summit in Denmark.
Asian giants China and Indonesia have hailed the Copenhagen UN climate summit outcome, despite its cool reception from aid agencies and campaigners.
Beijing's foreign minister said it was a new beginning, and Indonesia's leader said he was pleased with the result.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama defended the accord he helped broker with China and other main powers.
The non-binding pact, called the Copenhagen Accord, was not adopted by consensus at the summit in Denmark.
The year 2009 will be remembered, according to analysts, as the moment when China's diplomatic quietness was abandoned and Beijing displayed a clout on the international stage to match its global economic weight;
