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Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former UN
secretary general and Henry Kissinger (R), former US
secretary of State, chat at the Symposium on Five Principles of Peaceful
Co-existence in Beijing June 14, 2004. The symposium kicked off Monday.
Representatives from 20 countries exchanged views on the five principles,
theory and practice of the current international
relations, internationalization, multi-lateralism, civilization diversities and new international order. Participants
included Abu-Ahat Abdurixit, vice-chairman of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Shri Kocheril Raman Narayanan, ex-president of India, Helmut Kohl,
ex-chancellor of Germany, Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Henry Kissinger. Five
Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, proposed by China and India in 1954,
refer to mutual respect of sovereignty and integrity, non-aggression,
non-interference, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful co-existence.
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