Vladimir Putin Says Russia, US Have "Common Interests" On Climate Change

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow "attaches great importance" to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and "advocates de-politicising" dialogue on climate change.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting US climate envoy John Kerry in a call that Moscow and Washington have "common interests" on climate change, the Kremlin said Wednesday. "The climate problem is one of the areas where Russia and the United States have common interests and similar approaches," Putin said in a statement published by the Kremlin. The Russian leader said Moscow "attaches great importance" to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and "advocates de-politicising" dialogue on climate change. The comments on a rare point of cooperation between the two countries come after Putin met US President Joe Biden for historic talks in Geneva last month.