The former United States president Bill Clinton had advised his wife and the then secretary of state Hillary Clinton on how to keep poor countries away from China and India. The comment came a day before an agreement on climate change during the Copenhagen Summit in 2009.

Bill wrote in an email to Hillary on December 17, 2009, that, "To keep poor counties from siding with China, India on issues like transparency, you might offer them this deal: whatever commitments they make are contingent on the availability of an option that is good for their economics."

"I recommend that you begin by saying that this challenge is an opportunity if we approach it the right way and provide the right financing options so that the old energy economy no longer has an advantage over new ways of providing and consuming energy," Bill said.

"Hillary, I've had a busy day and too little time to study all the articles enough to give much good advice," Bill Clinton wrote in the email, which was released by the State Department on Friday.

"In relation to the 75 documents we are releasing today, more than half are 'near duplicates' of documents previously provided by former Secretary Clinton and released in previous FOIA productions of her emails," State Department Spokesman John Kirby said in a statement

"For instance, a 'near duplicate' would be substantively identical to previously released emails but for a top email in the chain stating 'please print'," Kirby said.

"India also has committed to reducing its emissions by up to 25 per cent by 2020 and is aggressively pursuing a wide range of new opportunities. Here in the United States, the President and Congress are beginning to tap our clean-energy potential to create millions of sustainable, good-paying jobs," he said.

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