Thursday, June 21, 2012

China open to co-op with US in Africa


China said on Friday that it will keep an open mind about discussions with the United States on cooperation in Africa.
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The remarks came after the White House unveiled a new strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa, with US President Barack Obama predicting that Africa will be "the world's next major economic success story".

"China and the US are both important cooperative partners of Africa, with respective characteristics and advantages," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said at a regular news briefing.

China open to political proposals on Syria
BEIJING - China is open to proposals on convening an international conference on Syria or establishing a contact group on Syria, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said here Thursday.

Spokesman Liu Weimin made the remarks at a regular press conference when asked to comment on proposals raised by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Kofi Annan, the joint UN and Arab League special envoy for Syria.

As killings have been reported almost every day in Syria, Lavrov proposed an international conference on Syria last Saturday.

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