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ReutersSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Leaders of 16 Asian countries, including top polluters China and Japan, agreed to a vague pact on climate change on Wednesday, trying to put aside discord over Myanmar's suppression of democracy protests.
In the declaration signed in Singapore, leaders of the East Asia Summit (EAS) committed to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the long run.
But the pact, which contains no fixed targets on cutting emissions or even limiting their growth by a specific date, would serve as a basis for climate change negotiations at a major U.N. meeting next month in Bali.
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Asked why the declaration did not include any numerical targets, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said: "This is a declaration of intent, not a negotiated treaty of what we are going to do to restrict ourselves."
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