Chinese Foreign Policy: A Chronology April - June 2009 - Defence ...

deterrent.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu called for a calm response to the DPRK’s nucleartest, while condemning the DPRK’s actions:"We called on all parties concerned to seek calm and proper response, and to pursuepeaceful resolution of the issue through consultation and dialogue. China stronglydemands that the DPRK live up to its commitment to non-nuclearization of the KoreanPeninsula, stop any activity that might worsen the situation and return to the track ofthe six-party talks."Commenting on the UN Security Council’s reaction, Ma continued: “We think the relevantactions of the Security Council should be conducive to achieving the non-nuclearization ofthe Korean Peninsula.” Ma pledged: "China would continue its unremitting efforts to this endwith all parties concerned."China's ambassador to Australia Zhang Junsai condemned the DPRK’s nuclear test onRadio Australia as going “against efforts for peace in the region”. Zhang is not sure whetherChina will use its UN Security Council veto; but reiterates that China is “opposing what NorthKorea did”.Russian ambassador to China Sergey Razov tells Interfax-China that the DPRK’s secondnuclear test had disrupted previous agreements and:“such actions on the part of Pyongyang are leading only to the aggravation of thesituation in northeast Asia and can by no means contribute to resolving the NorthKorean nuclear issue. On the contrary, they can disrupt the ongoing process which,with all the difficulties, problems and braking mechanisms, however was movingforward."26 May 2009 Beijing - Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ma Zhaoxu announces that China andthe US have agreed to cooperate over Darfur “to promote the settlement of the issue at anearly date". Ma made the remarks in reply to a question about US special envoy on SudanScott Gration's ongoing visit to China. According to Ma, Gration met Assistant ForeignMinister Liu Jieyi and Liu Guijin, the special representative of the Chinese Government forthe Darfur issue. "They exchanged views on issues such as the implementation of theComprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)," Ma said.Ma Zhaoxu announced that China will provide $4.4 million (30 million Yuan) in humanitarianaid to Pakistan, in the hope that it “help the Pakistani government maintain social stability".More than 1.6 million people have fled from the Swat Valley in Pakistan's North West FrontierProvince where government forces have been battling armed Islamic militants.Ma Zhaoxu said that Wen Jiabao had sent a congratulatory message to his new Nepalesecounterpart Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal (a senior leader of the Communist Party ofNepal - Unified Marxist-Leninist).26 May 2009 Hanoi - Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee NongDuc Manh met Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the 9th ForeignMinisters' Meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting. The two sides have agreed to maintain thestability of the situation in the sea – where the two countries have been involved in a fishingdispute. Yang Jiechi had also met his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Gia Khiem on 25 May.26 May 2009 Beijing - Wang Gang, a member of the Political Bureau of the CCP CentralCommittee met a visiting Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) delegation headed by Secretary-General Muhammad Jehangir Bader. The PPP would support further exchanges andcooperation with the CCP and play an active role in the development of Pakistani-Chineseties. Both agreed to “jointly push the Sino-Pakistani strategic partnership of cooperation to86