Copenhagen - So far 98 heads of state and government have indicated they were to attend the UN climate change summit that opens next week, the Danish government said Wednesday. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in November sent 191 invitations to 191, his office told the German Press Agency dpa.
US President Barack Obama was due in Copenhagen on December 9, the day before he is scheduled to receive the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.
Most heads of state and government were however expected December 17-18, the final days of the conference aimed at securing a new global pact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Copenhagen daily Politiken reported that it was unlikely that Obama would make two visits to the summit, and that the US could be represented at the closing stages by Vice President Joe Biden or Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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