China firmly opposes any foreign intervention in Hong Kong
affairs, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue in
Beijing Thursday at a regular news briefing.??
When asked to comment on China's position on a report from the
European Commission to the European Council and European
Parliament, which deals with Hong Kong affairs, Zhang said Hong
Kong affairs are China's internal affairs and the Chinese
government and people have the determination, capability and wisdom
to well handle them.
She said any foreign intervention in Hong Kong affairs will be
in vain and the Chinese government firmly opposes that.
In another development, Zhang said China will share experience
with other countries on AIDS prevention during the upcoming 15th
International AIDS Conference, which will be held from July 11 to
16 in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand.
Zhang said that Vice Minister of Public Health Wang Longde will
lead a Chinese delegation to attend the conference.
She said AIDS is a common problem faced by the entire human
society. The international community should make concerted efforts,
in order to efficiently solve this problem and prevent it from
deteriorating.
Zhang said the Chinese delegation is going to attend the meeting
in a spirit of seeking international cooperation, and hopes to help
solve the AIDS problem through sharing experience with other
delegations.
Turning to Sino-Pak relations, the spokeswoman said China will
make joint efforts with the Pakistani new government to promote the
comprehensive cooperative relations between the two countries.
Zhang said that China and Pakistan traditionally enjoyed
friendship and shared all-weather friendly cooperation.
The good neighborly friendship between China and Pakistan had
seen continuous development since the two sides established
diplomatic relations in 1951, she added.
The Chinese side was willing to join hands with the Pakistani
new government to push forward the bilateral relations on the basis
of the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, Zhang said.
Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain was elected prime minister Tuesday by
the Pakistani National Assembly. He replaced Mir Zafarullah Khan
Jamali after the latter resigned last Saturday.
Also at yesterday's briefing, the spokeswoman said China
attaches great importance on the important role played by the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum in
the Asian region.
Zhang said that China always speaks highly of the ASEAN Regional
Forum (ARF), which is the most important forum in the Asia-Pacific
region on cooperation in political and security fields.
The ARF played a positive role in further strengthening mutual
trust and cooperation between its member countries, and in
safeguarding the regional peace and stability, Zhang said.
The 11th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the ARF will be held in
Jakarta, Indonesia, and Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will
attend the meeting, Zhang said.
As to the issue concerned with the inclusion of Pakistan in the
ARF, which will be discussed during the meeting, Zhang said
Pakistan's participation to the ARF will be conducive for the
regional peace and stability.
Established in 1994, the ARF was a forum of dialogues between
ten ASEAN member countries and 12 countries in Asia and the Pacific
plus the European Union.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam.
According to the spokeswoman, Myanmar Prime Minister Khin Nyunt
will pay an official good-will visit to China from July 11 to 17 at
the invitation of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2004)