Bangkok  - China has accused developed countries of sabotaging the Kyoto Protocol for the reduction of greenhouse gasses.

"There is a concerted effort to fundamentally sabotage," the Chinese delegation's Yu Qingtai, ambassador and special representative, said on Monday at the climate talks in Bangkok.

"I have yet to see a developed country or a group of developed countries coming out to say to the international community that they are not here to kill the Kyoto Protocol," Yu said.

Developed countries have undertaken to reduce their emissions, according to the Kyoto Protocol, but the targets have not yet been achieved.

Developing countries have pointed out in the past that a premature end to the protocol, the terms of which are valid until 2012, would amount to a violation of the treaty. They voiced fears that a new treaty could fall short of the commitments made in the Kyoto Protocol.

China belongs to the group of developing countries.

The leader of the Swedish delegation, Anders Turesson, emphasized that the European Union is seeking a climate protection agreement that includes all the elements of the Kyoto Protocol.

In Bangkok representatives of more than 170 countries are discussing a draft of a new world climate treaty which should be signed in Copenhagen in December. The document is currently over 100 pages long and is due to be edited down to around 40 pages by the end of the week.

Concrete decisions on which countries will reduce their environmentally harmful emissions and by how much and which countries will fund climate protection and adaption measures are expected in Copenhagen. (dpa)