U.S. Trying to ‘Hijack’ Summit, Malaysia Says
Reuters
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia —
Malaysia warned Third World nations Friday to resist the hijacking of the Rio Earth Summit by a United States seeking to turn the meeting into a “forestry finger-pointing exercise.”
“This is an economic war. The North is using such tactics to try to stay on top of this economic war,” he said.
“Malaysia is in the forefront to prevent the U.S. hijacking,” he told reporters.
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