MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT VIEWS ON WIREC AND CLIMATE

UNCLAS TBILISI 002400 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR EUR/CARC AND EB/ESC/IEC E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: ENRG PREL GG SUBJECT: MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT VIEWS ON WIREC AND CLIMATE CHANGE REF: A. STATE 80334 ¶B. STATE 75287 ¶1. Post received the following letter from the new Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, David Chantladze on September 19, regarding the GOG's views on WIREC and climate change. ¶2. Begin text of letter: To: The Honorable John F. Tefft Ambassador Embassy of the United States of America Office the Ambassador Tbilsi, Georgia Excellency: Thank you for the invitation on the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008),March 3-7, 2008. Georgia supports the President Bush initiative to develop a new post-2012 framework on climate change by the end of 2008 and to consider as part of this initiative sector based approach that will include renewable energy and fuels. It is vital for Georgia - the country with economy in transition, transfer of the environmentally friendly technologies to reach sustainable development goals. United States is a principal developer of the state of the art renewable technologies and fuels, and cooperation with U.S. in frames of the UNFCCC will be very useful for our country. Sincerely David Chantladze Minister. End text of letter. TEFFT