BERLIN, June 8 - Leaders of five major developing countries met here Thursday to discuss the world economy, climate change and other key issues ahead of a meeting with leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations. Attending the meeting were Chinese President Hu Jintao, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, South African President Thabo Mbeki and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The leaders will also hold an outreach session with their counterparts of the G8 countries on Friday in Heiligendamm, a Baltic resort town in northern Germany. On the world economy longchamp uk, the Chinese president said developing countries should cooperate with each other to jointly cope with the risks of economic globalization, safeguard our common interests, create favorable conditions for our development and promote coordinated global development mbt shoes. On climate change, Hu said China gives high priority to environmental protection and sustainable development. We follow the scientific thinking of development which is people-oriented and calls for all-round, coordinated and sustainable development, he said. China strictly complies with relevant international conventions and has taken a series of measures to contribute to mitigating the impact of global climate change longchamp outlet, he said. To more effectively tackle climate change, Hu said, the Chinese government has adopted a national climate change program. We will fully implement this program. In so doing, we are not only living up to our responsibilities for our own people, but also contributing our share to the global cause of sustainable development, he said. The leaders from the five nations pledged to abide by the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities while tackling climate change an Related articles:

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