cognize that China is ready to develop mutually beneficial relations with other countries, helping to keep peace and stability in the region. Japan and Australia signed a groundbreaking defense pact on Tuesday - one that the leaders of both countries stressed was not aimed at reining in China. Referring to Japanese and Australian assurances that the defense pact is not aimed at China, Qin Gang said China hopes what they've said is true. The defense pact was Japan's first such pact signed with a country other than the United States. It was signed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Australian Prime Minister John Howard after talks in Tokyo.
Mar.17 - The six-party talks working group on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula began its first meeting Saturday morning in Beijing, focusing on specific measures of the denuclearization.The meeting started at 10:00 a.m. at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the same venue for the six-party nuclear talks.Wu Dawei MBT Scarpe Italia, chief negotiator of the Chinese delegation as well as the head of the working group longchamp outlet, presided over the meeting.Wu said in his opening remarks before the plenary meeting that during the two-day working group meeting, concerned parties may have bilateral consultations on Saturday afternoon, and another plenary session was expected to be held on Sunday.Representatives of other five parties are longchamps outlet, Minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to China Kim Song Gi, U.S. top nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill, chief negotiator of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Chun Yung Woo, and Russian ambassador at large Grigory Berdennikov.Japan was represented by its ambassador in charge of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue Suda Akio and its chief negotiator for six-party talks Kenichiro Sasae,The six parties agreed that the three working groups would meet ahead of the sixth round of talks scheduled to start next Monday.Besides the denuclearization working group, the energy cooperation workin Related articles:

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