US 'must Respect' Commitments, French President Tells Climate Summit

Fakhir Rizvi Published November 15, 2016 | 08:40 PM

MARRAKECH, Morocco, , (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Nov, 2016 ) - The US "must respect" the commitments made under President Barack Obama, his French counterpart Francois Hollande said Tuesday at a UN climate summit held in the shadow of Donald Trump's victory.

"The United States, the world's strongest economy, must respect the commitments it has undertaken," Hollande said in Marrakesh, Morocco. "It is not only their duty, it is in their interest as well as (the interest of) all people." President-elect Trump has previously called climate change a "hoax" perpetrated by China, and has threatened to "cancel" the climate rescue agreement concluded in Paris last year.