China hails meeting of Obama, top new envoy
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March 31, 2010, Wednesday
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CHINA yesterday welcomed American President Barack Obama's call for a positive relationship in a meeting with the new Chinese Ambassador to the United States.
Zhang Yesui met Obama and US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.
The bilateral relationship between the US and China is both comprehensive and important and has the ability to shape the 21st century, Obama said.
"I welcome a China that is a strong, prosperous and successful member of the international community," Obama said. "Now is the time for our two great nations to join hands and commit to creating a prosperous future for our children."
"The president also stressed the need for the US and China to work together and with the international community on critical global issues including nonproliferation and pursuing sustained and balanced global growth," said a statement by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs after Obama's meeting with Zhang yesterday.
Since the start of the year, relations between the two countries have been in ups and downs after US announcement of weapons sales to Taiwan and Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
While those tensions have not evaporated, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday that "China appreciates Obama's and Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg's positive stance on promoting China-US relations."
Qin told a regular press conference in Beijing that China "took seriously the US side's reiteration of its principled commitments on the Taiwan and Tibet issues."
"Recently, there have been uncalled-for disturbances in China-US relations, and this does not suit our common bilateral interests," Qin said.
"Healthy China-US relations suit the fundamental interests of both countries and their people, and are beneficial to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and the world."
Qin also said China opposed Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, but stopped short of backing sanctions on Tehran that the US has urged.
China has said it does not believe sanctions are the "fundamental way" to solve the dispute.
"China opposes Iran possessing nuclear weapons, but at the same time we believe that, as a sovereign state, Iran has the right to peacefully develop nuclear energy," said Qin.
"We hope that all sides will make substantive efforts and demonstrate flexibility over the Iran nuclear issue."
Zhang Yesui met Obama and US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.
The bilateral relationship between the US and China is both comprehensive and important and has the ability to shape the 21st century, Obama said.
"I welcome a China that is a strong, prosperous and successful member of the international community," Obama said. "Now is the time for our two great nations to join hands and commit to creating a prosperous future for our children."
"The president also stressed the need for the US and China to work together and with the international community on critical global issues including nonproliferation and pursuing sustained and balanced global growth," said a statement by White House spokesman Robert Gibbs after Obama's meeting with Zhang yesterday.
Since the start of the year, relations between the two countries have been in ups and downs after US announcement of weapons sales to Taiwan and Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama.
While those tensions have not evaporated, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said yesterday that "China appreciates Obama's and Deputy Secretary of State Steinberg's positive stance on promoting China-US relations."
Qin told a regular press conference in Beijing that China "took seriously the US side's reiteration of its principled commitments on the Taiwan and Tibet issues."
"Recently, there have been uncalled-for disturbances in China-US relations, and this does not suit our common bilateral interests," Qin said.
"Healthy China-US relations suit the fundamental interests of both countries and their people, and are beneficial to the peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region and the world."
Qin also said China opposed Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, but stopped short of backing sanctions on Tehran that the US has urged.
China has said it does not believe sanctions are the "fundamental way" to solve the dispute.
"China opposes Iran possessing nuclear weapons, but at the same time we believe that, as a sovereign state, Iran has the right to peacefully develop nuclear energy," said Qin.
"We hope that all sides will make substantive efforts and demonstrate flexibility over the Iran nuclear issue."
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