Americans urged to respect core issues
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March 3, 2010, Wednesday
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CHINA has urged the United States to respect its core interests while commenting on a trip to China by two top American diplomats.
"We urge the US to earnestly observe the principles laid down in the three Sino-US joint communiques and their joint statement, respect China's core interests and properly handle sensitive issues, so as to push the relations back to a normal track," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a regular press conference yesterday.
US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Senior White House Asia Adviser Jeffrey Bader arrived in Beijing yesterday on a mission to patch up ties rocked by Washington's US$6.4 billion arms sale deal to Taiwan and US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
China was not to blame for the difficult situation, Qin said, urging the US to take China's interests and concerns seriously.
Steinberg and Bader are expected to meet Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other leaders during the visit that ends tomorrow.
The US State Department said Steinberg would also discuss efforts to restart six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs, along with hoped-for Chinese support for a new round of sanctions against Iran.
But China signaled yesterday that it was not likely to respond to pressure from the US to support Iran sanctions.
"We call for resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomatic means," Qin told the news conference.
"We believe there is still room for diplomatic efforts and believe the parties concerned should step up diplomatic efforts and push for progress in the dialogue and negotiations."
"We urge the US to earnestly observe the principles laid down in the three Sino-US joint communiques and their joint statement, respect China's core interests and properly handle sensitive issues, so as to push the relations back to a normal track," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a regular press conference yesterday.
US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Senior White House Asia Adviser Jeffrey Bader arrived in Beijing yesterday on a mission to patch up ties rocked by Washington's US$6.4 billion arms sale deal to Taiwan and US President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
China was not to blame for the difficult situation, Qin said, urging the US to take China's interests and concerns seriously.
Steinberg and Bader are expected to meet Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and other leaders during the visit that ends tomorrow.
The US State Department said Steinberg would also discuss efforts to restart six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs, along with hoped-for Chinese support for a new round of sanctions against Iran.
But China signaled yesterday that it was not likely to respond to pressure from the US to support Iran sanctions.
"We call for resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue through diplomatic means," Qin told the news conference.
"We believe there is still room for diplomatic efforts and believe the parties concerned should step up diplomatic efforts and push for progress in the dialogue and negotiations."
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