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Vanuatu reaffirms one-China principle
Vanuatu has withdrawn a communique it signed in Taipei last week establishing "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan and again stated its adherence to a one-China policy. "The Chinese Government appreciates the statement of the Vanuatuan Government," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said Thursday at a regular news briefing. The Vanuatuan Government issued a statement on Wednesday, withdrawing the communique signed in Taipei on November 3 in which it had said it was establishing "diplomatic ties" with Taiwan. In the statement, the Vanuatuan Government reiterated its commitment to the No. 2758 Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly and its adherence to the one-China policy stated in the Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between the People's Republic of China and Vanuatu in 1982. Vanuatu said it recognizes that there is only one China in the world, and that Taiwan is a province of China and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government representing China. The statement says the Vanuatuan Government will not have political contact with Taiwan in any form. "The fact that Taiwan is an inseparable land of China and the government of the People's Republic of China is the only legitimate government representing China has been commonly recognized by over 160 countries in the world including Vanuatu and all important international organizations including the UN," Zhang said. "The fact has proven again that the attempt by Taiwan authority to split the motherland is unpopular and has no future," Zhang said. Zhang said the Chinese Government is willing to work with Vanuatu to push bilateral relations and to foster development on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. On other diplomatic issues, Zhang said a date for the next round of the six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has not yet been fixed. China has expressed hopes the talks could be held as soon as possible. Earlier, the Yonhap news agency quoted a senior official as saying the countries -- China, Japan, Russia, Republic of Korea and the United States -- had proposed unofficial talks at the end of November, with a full fourth roundin December. Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Yong-Il of the DPRK on Tuesday, talking about bilateral relations and the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, according to Chinese foreign ministry sources. |
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