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Chinese FM Reiterates
China's Stand on Counter-terrorism
UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign
Minister Tang Jiaxuan on Monday reiterated China's
principles on counter- terrorism and pledged its
efforts to work jointly with international community
in the fight against terrorism.
Addressing the United Nations Security Council
Ministerial Meeting on Counter-Terrorism, Tang said
the purpose of the war on terror is to free the
mankind from the threats to peace and security. The
kernel of counter-terrorism is the maintenance of
peace and security of mankind. All measures, ways and
means employed by the international community have to
be conducive to easing and resolving tensions both
internationally and regionally.
He said that universal development and common
prosperity constitutes the basis of counter-terrorism.
The prolonged violence and impoverishment in some
developing countries have made them easy prey to the
manipulation of terrorists.
"Only when we succeed in achieving common development
by facilitating each other's economy, can we eradicate
the root causes of terrorism," the minister said. He
stressed the need for closer communication and
integration among civilizations, adding that this is
the guarantee of counter- terrorism.
Counter-terrorism should, he noted, provide different
civilizations with a new opportunity to learn from
each other through mutual exchanges, a new starting
point for their dialogue and integration, and a new
engine for their common progress and prosperity,
rather than a cause for greater ethnic hatred, racial
conflict, clashes of civilizations or estrangement
between peoples.
Tang said the key to counter-terrorism is stronger and
deeper international cooperation. The success of
international campaign against terrorism requires
clearly-defined and joint actions, guided by the
principles of the UN Charter and universally
recognized norms of international law, he added. He
noted that China, as a responsible country that loves,
treasures and endeavors to defend peace, has
implemented in real earnest the relevant Security
Council resolutions and joined the majority of the
international anti-terrorism conventions.
He said China is also a victim of terrorism, citing
the example of the "East Turkistan" terror groups that
had long collaborated with al-Qaeda and committed
numerous terror attacks in China's Xinjiang and
neighboring regions of Central Asia. The minister
called for an integrated approach with due regard to
properly handling such issues as development and
regional conflicts, emphasizing there should be no
"double standards" in counter-terrorism.
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