UPDATE: Ministry: Russia plans to ratify Paris Climate Agreement 2020

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ST. PETERSBURG, Jun 2 (PRIME) -- Russia plans to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement 2020 but will make the final decision no earlier than January 2019, the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry said in a statement on Friday, citing Minister Sergei Donskoi.

“Russia plans to ratify the Paris Agreement until 2020 but we will make the final decision no earlier than in January 2019, whether to ratify or not,” Donskoi said, as cited in the statement.

He said, the decision will depend on the rules of implementation of the deal.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin said that Russia will fulfill its Paris Agreement liabilities in spite of the U.S. position on the deal.

“It is their business, we are moving on in a consecutive way, as we used to. We are fulfilling the undertaken liabilities in a consecutive manner. And we have no plans to stop,” Khloponin said.

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