. . . and strike positive notes ahead of Copenhagen

Obama also said the meeting yielded commitments about what both nations will agree to at next month’s international climate change talks in Copenhagen.
 
The scope and phrasing of his comments mirror the results of Obama’s meeting in Beijing with Chinese President Hu Jintao several days ago.
 
“We reaffirmed that an agreement in Copenhagen should be comprehensive and cover all the issues under negotiation. We resolved to take significant national mitigation actions that will strengthen the world's ability to combat climate change. We agreed to stand by these commitments with full transparency through appropriate processes as to their implementation,” Obama said in his joint press conference with Singh today at the White House. “All this builds on the progress that we made in Beijing, and it takes us one step closer to a successful outcome in Copenhagen,” he added.
 
Said Singh: “Both President Obama and I have agreed on the need for a substantive and comprehensive outcome, which would cover mitigation, adaptation, finance, and technology. We reaffirmed our intention to work to this end bilaterally and with all other countries.”
 
China, the U.S. and India are number one, two and five on the list of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters.