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Airbus mulls plane assembly in China
By Xing Zhigang and Lu Haoting (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-12-05 05:28 Trilateral summit postponed
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the trilateral summit
meeting of China, Japan and the ROK, that has been held annually for the past
six years at the ASEAN-plus-three summit, "will be put off to an appropriate
time."
The statement posted on the ministry's website attributed the postponement to
the "current atmosphere and conditions," apparently referring to frosty ties
between Japan and its two neighbours due to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro
Koizumi's latest visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.
Koizumi paid an annual pilgrimage to the shrine, which honours convicted
Class-A World War II criminals, in October for the fifth time since he took
office in April 2001.
"During this period, China will continue to perform its duty as the
co-ordinating nation of the three parties," the ministry said.
"We hope co-operation among the three parties will steadily develop after
obstacles are removed," the ministry added.
(China Daily 12/05/2005 page1)
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