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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

China to snub UK energy summit amid row over infrastructure projects

Britain's energy secretary Ed Miliband sits at a table with UK and China flags
Britain's energy secretary Ed Miliband has come under fire for attempting to forge closer links with China on the supply of energy technologies. Photograph: Florence Lo/EPA

China is to snub a major UK summit on energy security next week, the Guardian has learned, amid a growing row over the country’s involvement in UK infrastructure projects.

The US will send a senior White House official to the 60-country summit, to be co-hosted with the International Energy Agency. Leading oil and gas companies are also invited, along with big technology businesses, and petrostates including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

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