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Date: 04 Apr 2003 05:04:21 -0800
http://en.rian.ru/rian/index.cfm?prd_id=160&msg_id=3153191&startrow=1&date=2003-04-04&do_alert=0
BEIJING, April 4, 2003. From a RIA Novosti correspondent&*#8212;Russia and
China believe that the war against Iraq in its consequences is
going beyond the scope of a local conflict and may affect the regional
and global security, stability and development,
announced
participants of the Russian and Chinese Foreign Ministries’
consultations held in Beijing on Friday.
The Russian delegation is headed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yuri Fedotov. In Beijing, he held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his deputy Wang Guangya.
The adopted joint statement emphasises that Russia and China are
seriously anxious about the continuing military action in
Iraq. Serious humanitarian consequences of the conflict arouse
special anxiety,
the document reads. It also underlines the
necessity to comply with international humanitarian legislation.
The sides urged the states concerned to cease the military action and to bring the Iraqi problem back to political settlement.
The UN must continue playing the leading role in ceasing the conflict
and settling the Iraqi problem, the statement points out. The
participation of the UN should be based on the earlier adopted UN
Security Council resolutions, concerning disarmament, sanctions and
humanitarian programmes, and on possible new decisions with
consideration to the further development of the situation,
the
document reads.
The sides confirmed their intention to continue joint efforts in order to resume the political settlement of this issue within the UN framework, the statement emphasises.