Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said in United Nations Friday that the current session of the United Nations General Assembly should focus on promoting harmonious coexistence among countries.
"To resolve hot button issues and peacefully settle international disputes through dialogue and cooperation... is not only what the UN Charter explicitly calls for, but also the right way to uphold world peace and stability and achieve mutual benefit and win-win for all," Yang said in a speech delivered at the general debate of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly.
He reiterated China's stance on a wide range of issues, including the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the Iranian nuclear issue, the Middle East peace process, Darfur, climate change, and UN reform.
"China remains committed to seeking a peaceful solution to the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula through dialogue to uphold peace and stability on the Peninsula and in northeast Asia," Yang said.
"The Six-Party Talks have become an important platform for the parties concerned to maintain dialogue and consultations on realizing denuclearization on the Peninsula, normalizing relations between the countries concerned and building a new harmonious architecture in northeast Asia," he added.
On the Iranian nuclear issue, Yang said diplomatic negotiations remain the best option for a peaceful solution and meet the common interests of the international community.
"China opposes nuclear weapon proliferation and stands for upholding the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and peace and stability in the Middle East," he said. "No nonproliferation efforts should deviate from the goal of upholding international peace and stability."
On the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Yang said China supports the just cause of the Palestinians and other Arab people to restore their lawful national rights and sincerely hopes that Arab countries and Israel would promptly end their disputes through political negotiations on the basis of relevant UN resolutions and the principle of "land for peace."
For resolving the Darfur issue, Yang described the trilateral dialogue and consultations among the United Nations, the African Union and the Sudanese government on an equal footing as an effective mechanism.
He urged the international community to work to sustain the current sound momentum and give full play to the role of the trilateral mechanism as the main channel.
"China is committed to a proper settlement of the Darfur issue, " he said, noting that China has provided humanitarian assistance to Darfur on a number of occasions and will send a military engineering unit to join the peacekeeping operations there.
Meanwhile, Yang called on world countries to redouble their efforts to deliver the Millennium Development Goals and narrow the North-South gap and, in particular, meet Africa's special need for development.
"Developed countries should increase assistance, open domestic market wider and transfer more technologies to developing countries and provide greater debt relief to them."
"Developing countries... should adopt development strategies and policies suited to their national conditions and boost their economic development," Yang said.
He stressed that China's cooperation with Africa facilitates Africa's cooperation with other countries and is not targeted against any third party.
Source: Xinhua
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