Oslo, Sept 21, SPA --Norway is prepared to increase its emission cuts inorder to secure an international climate change treaty this December,dpa qouted Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg as saying today. "I believe Norway should be prepared to cut more than the 30 percent we have committed to before 2020 if it can help secure a globaltreaty on climate gases," Stoltenberg told broadcaster NRK. Stoltenberg is one of over 100 leaders due to attend a climatesummit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York onTuesday. This summit is aimed at speeding up efforts to secure a treaty atclimate talks in Copenhagen in the December, aimed at finding atreaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. The Norwegian premier said he was "uncertain" how far-reaching theCopenhagen treaty will be. "It is important to fight for a treaty, but we also need a treatythat includes real cuts in the world's emissions of greenhouse gasesand that includes developing nations," he said. Over the weekend, Environment and International DevelopmentMinister Erik Solheim took part in informal talks with counterpartsfrom some 30 countries in the US. Solheim told NRK that Asian representatives were active during thesession. "Japan has presented new emission cuts, China is doing at lot athome while India was more flexible than previously," Solheim said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visited northern Norway earlierthis month to see first hand the effects of climate change in theArctic region.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/701943