Japan & Denmark agree to cooperate towards COP16

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his Danish counterpart Lars Rasmussen on Monday agreed to cooperate towards making the next U.N. climate change conference a success. The two also proposed to work closely on other global issues, including the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

‘‘We agreed to cooperate in making COP16 a success,’’ Hatoyama said at a joint press conference following their meeting held at the premier’s office in Tokyo.

The COP16 will be the 16th Conference of Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, and is set to be held in Mexico in November, 2010.

Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen told the press conference that the two leaders further agreed to ask experts to ‘‘explore possibilities’’ for expanding the two countries’ cooperation to include ‘‘green, clean technologies and robotics.’’

The Danish Prime Minister chaired the COP15 talks held in Copenhagen in December, 2009.