Washington (CNN) Acting US ambassador to China David Rank resigned from his post in Beijing over President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, several sources familiar with the decision told CNN. "Mr. Rank made a personal decision," a senior State Department official told CNN, stopping short of citing the climate deal developments as the reason. But sources familiar with the decision indicated that Rank's departure is directly tied to Trump's controversial move to pull out of the accord. Rank was serving in China when President Xi Jinping and then-US President Barrack Obama jointly declared their commitment to the Paris agreement. China, the world's largest carbon emitter, said it would stick by its commitments to the treaty despite the US decision.

Source: CNN June 05, 2017 20:37 UTC