Rasmussen Urges EU Leadership in Climate Change Combat

Ljubljana, 30 January - The visiting Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged the EU in Ljubljana on Wednesday to assume leadership in the efforts to reach a global deal to fight climate change as a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol beyond 2012. The UN conference to forge such an agreement is to be held in Copenhagen next year.

Ljubljana, vlada. Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) shaking hands with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) shaking hands with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada. Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada. Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada. Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada. Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije. Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana, vlada.
Danski premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen in predsednik vlade Janez Janša sta po srečanju podala izjavo za medije.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen (standing behind Jansa) after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa addressing a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen (standing behind Jansa) after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Prime Minister Janez Jansa (right) addressing a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Prime Minister Janez Jansa (right) addressing a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Anders Fogh Rasmussen after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Ljubljana
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen (left) addressing a joint press conference with his Slovenian counterpart Janez Jansa after talks.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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