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FACTBOX: Participants at Washington climate talks

Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:43am EDT

(Reuters) - Here is the list of participating countries at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change, gathering in Washington on Thursday and Friday, September 27-28. These countries are the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, and they aim to begin discussions about how to reduce these emissions after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.

U.S.  |  Barack Obama

* Australia

* Brazil

* Britain

* Canada

* China

* European Union (current EU president and European Commission)

* France

* Germany

* India

* Indonesia

* Italy

* Japan

* Mexico

* Russia

* South Africa

* South Korea

* United Nations

* United States (host)



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