Chinese FM discusses bilateral ties, Copenhagen conference with counterparts

BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi exchanged views with his counterparts from a number of other countries on the ongoing U.N. Climate Change Conference and bilateral relations during telephone conversations this week.

The countries included Indonesia, Sudan, Australia, Russia, the United States, South Korea, and the United Arab Emirates.

Yang held the separate phone talks from Tuesday to Friday as the conference, which opened Monday and will run through Dec. 18, continued in Copenhagen.

The conference gathered representatives from 192 countries and aimed at mapping out a plan to combat climate change over a period of 2012-2020.