Brussels, 27/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Twenty days from the resumption of international talks on climate, in Bonn (COP6, 16-27 July), the outcome of the informal preparatory talks in The Hague currently in progress (see EUROPE of 25/26 June, p.8) remains uncertain. Japan's lack of enthusiasm motivated by its reticence to ratify the Kyoto Protocol without the United States, and the rumours concerning a possible withdrawal on the part of the Russians, augur ill for negotiations in Bonn....