A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said yesterday that China hoped
the delegations involved in the six-party
talks on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue will continue
making efforts to score positive results by showing flexibility
with a pragmatic and candid spirit.
"First of all, we believe that all suggestions and
concerns issued by the six parties are worth considering. Secondly,
every concerned party will seriously study the issue of
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,"?Qin Gang?said
at Thursday's regular press conference.
He also acknowledged that differences still remain
on how to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula among the
parties concerned.
Talking about the recent meeting between President
Hu
Jintao and US President George W. Bush in New York, Qin said it
was conducive to healthy and stable development of bilateral
relations.
He said China highly commended Washington's stance
on the Taiwan issue and that both sides are looking forward to
wider cooperation.
In his meeting with Hu, Bush said the US side
understood Taiwan is a highly sensitive issue and that its
one-China policy will not change.
Bush also expressed his appreciation of China's
assistance to hurricane-hit areas, Qin said.
"US government officials spoke highly of China's
help on different occasions," said Qin, adding that he hoped the
assistance will help people in disaster-stricken states to rebuild
their homeland.
According to the spokesperson, Bush said he looked
forward to visiting China following this year's Asia Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea.
Qin said China is ready to help other developing
countries eradicate poverty at an early date and promote their
economic development.
He said that among the proposals China put forward
for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), one is that China will
provide US$10 billion as preferential loans and preferential
buyer's credit for export in three years to developing countries in
an effort to improve their infrastructure construction and promote
cooperation among enterprises.
This important measure was announced by Hu on
Wednesday at the High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development of
the UN
60th anniversary summit, he said.
Qin said the measure demonstrated China's
willingness to help other developing countries to shake off poverty
and make due contribution to their economic development.
"We hope to enhance cooperation among countries,
bridge the gap between the South and the North to ensure
realization of the MDGs," he said, adding that China will make
joint efforts with the international community to this end.
Qin also announced that the UK's Princess Anne will
visit from September 20 to 24.
(CRI.com, Xinhua News Agency September 16,
2005)