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French President Francois Hollande and US counterpart Barack Obama have issued a joint call for an "ambitious" global climate change agreement.
The call comes in an article published jointly in the Washington Post and Le Monde.
The presidents requested support for a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions "through concrete actions", at a climate conference in Paris in 2015.
Mr Hollande begins a state visit to the US on Monday.
"We can expand the clean energy partnerships that create jobs and move us toward low-carbon growth," the two leaders wrote in the article.
"We can do more to help developing countries shift to low-carbon energy as well, and deal with rising seas and more intense storms."
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Presidents Obama and Hollande
The opinion piece also pointed to the two countries' cooperation on a host of other global issues, calling it a partnership that offered "a model for international cooperation".
Ties between the two nations have warmed considerably since the days of France's refusal to support the US-led invasion of Iraq under President George W Bush - something directly noted in the opinion piece.
"A decade ago, few would have imagined our countries working so closely together in so many ways. But in recent years our alliance has transformed," the two men wrote.
With rancour over the Iraq War a fading memory, the two countries now find themselves largely in step on a wide range of issues.
France's robust military response to threats in Mali and the Central African Republic, its tough stance on Iran's nuclear programme and Mr Hollande's willingness to join the US in air strikes on Syria, have vaulted France to a leading position among Washington's traditional allies.- BBC
BBC News - Hollande and Obama make joint call for climate accord
m. Hollande making the first French stae visit to the US since 1996 today, and he and Obama are planning an anti-GW pact...
The call comes in an article published jointly in the Washington Post and Le Monde.
The presidents requested support for a deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions "through concrete actions", at a climate conference in Paris in 2015.
Mr Hollande begins a state visit to the US on Monday.
"We can expand the clean energy partnerships that create jobs and move us toward low-carbon growth," the two leaders wrote in the article.
"We can do more to help developing countries shift to low-carbon energy as well, and deal with rising seas and more intense storms."
Continue reading the main story
Start Quote
Perhaps nowhere is our new partnership on more vivid display than in Africa
End Quote
Presidents Obama and Hollande
The opinion piece also pointed to the two countries' cooperation on a host of other global issues, calling it a partnership that offered "a model for international cooperation".
Ties between the two nations have warmed considerably since the days of France's refusal to support the US-led invasion of Iraq under President George W Bush - something directly noted in the opinion piece.
"A decade ago, few would have imagined our countries working so closely together in so many ways. But in recent years our alliance has transformed," the two men wrote.
With rancour over the Iraq War a fading memory, the two countries now find themselves largely in step on a wide range of issues.
France's robust military response to threats in Mali and the Central African Republic, its tough stance on Iran's nuclear programme and Mr Hollande's willingness to join the US in air strikes on Syria, have vaulted France to a leading position among Washington's traditional allies.- BBC
BBC News - Hollande and Obama make joint call for climate accord
m. Hollande making the first French stae visit to the US since 1996 today, and he and Obama are planning an anti-GW pact...
