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    Chinese foreign minister discusses UN role with counterparts

    Xinhua news agency domestic service, Beijing
    30 Sep 04

    UN role", carried by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China
    News Agency)

    United Nations, 29 September: PRC [People's Republic of China] Foreign
    Minister Li Zhaoxing, in New York to attend the 59th UN General
    Assembly, on 29 September met separately with 59th UN General Assembly
    President and Gabonese Foreign Minister Jean Ping, Belarusian Foreign
    Minister Syarhey Martynow, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Uthman
    Isma'il, Comoros Foreign Minister Souef Mohamed el Amine, Vanuatu
    Foreign Minister Barak Sope Maautamate, Pakistani Foreign Minister
    Khurshid Kasuri, Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan, South
    African Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Burmese Prime
    Minister's Office [Labour] Minister Tin Win, and Jamaican Foreign
    Minister Keith D. Knight. They exchanged views on bilateral relations
    as well as international and regional issues of mutual concern.

    Li Zhaoxing said that only by adhering to multilateralism and adopting
    collective action can global threats and challenges be met
    effectively, can there be advances in the democratization of and the
    rule of law in international relations, and can general security and
    common development be realized. Li Zhaoxing stressed that the United
    Nations is the most universal, authoritative, and representative
    international organization, and that it is an important venue for the
    realization of multilateralism. All nations have the responsibility
    and duty to continually strengthen the core role that the United
    Nations plays in international affairs, he added.

    All sides praised China for actively promoting the development of
    multilateralism and strengthening the role of the United Nations. They
    expressed willingness to make joint efforts with China, to adhere to
    the path of multilateralism, to strengthen the role of the United
    Nations, and to collectively respond to threats and challenges.

    Li Zhaoxing also expounded on China's stance on the Taiwan issue. Jean
    Ping and other foreign ministers all reiterated that they will adhere
    to the one-China stance and oppose having Taiwan participate in the
    United Nations and other intergovernmental international
    organizations.

    While meeting with South African Foreign Minister Zuma and Pakistani
    Foreign Minister Kasuri, Li Zhaoxing said he hoped that the two
    countries would earnestly protect the safety of local Chinese
    citizens. The two nations stated they will adopt corresponding
    measures.

    Li Zhaoxing thanked Jamaica for volunteering to serve as the host
    country for a "China-Jamaica economic and trade cooperation forum"
    proposed by China. The Jamaican foreign minister said that the forum
    will be beneficial to the promotion of friendly cooperative relations
    between the Caribbean countries and China.
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