China has said the United States must take responsibility for stalling efforts to combat climate change.
The British news agency Reuters, referring to the statement of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, said that climate change diplomacy cannot be separated from political and border tensions, and these things have become obstacles in the way of action.
The leaders of around 200 countries are going to meet in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in which there will be a discussion regarding climate change at the global level, but the tension between the two major countries involved has led to the holding of 'COP 27'. is endangered.
After Washington and Beijing signed an agreement in Paris in 2015, there was hope that talks on this important topic would move forward, but after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in August, China held talks on it. was closed.
Taiwan is a neighboring country of China which China claims as its own while Taiwan declares itself as an independent country.
"China and the United States have previously established cordial relations on the issue of climate change and worked together to finalize the agreement on Monday, however, it is not bilateral," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said in a statement on Thursday. cannot be separated from relations.'
He further said that 'Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has seriously damaged China's sovereignty and we have no choice but to stop the negotiations.'
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs clearly said that "America should take responsibility for this situation."
He further said that China has not cut off the dialogue with other countries and will be part of the talks with them to prevent climate change.
"China wishes COP 27 to be a success, so it is in contact with and will cooperate with all other parties."
Experts are not very optimistic about COP 27 as the current relationship between the US and China, in addition to the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, further reduces its chances of success.
Frank Jotzo, director of the Department of Climate and Energy Policy at the Australian National University, says that "the alliance between the United States and China has played an important role in the past in moving this issue towards a solution."
During a briefing in Beijing on Thursday, he further said that "the cooperation between the United States and China no longer exists and there is no possibility of it starting again."
