Jiang Visits Cecilienhof Palace of Potsdam, Reiterates National Reunification

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Jiang Visits Cecilienhof Palace of Potsdam, Reiterates National Reunification

Chinese President Jiang Zemin reiterated Wendesday that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China, expressing his belief that China will finally achieve its national reunification, when visiting the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, where the famous Potsdam Proclamation was signed in 1945.

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Chinese President Jiang Zemin Wednesday (April 10) visited the Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam, where the famous Potsdam Proclamation was signed in 1945.

The proclamation stipulated that "the terms of the Cairo Declaration shall be carried out."The declaration noted that "all the territories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa, and the Pescadores, shall be restored to China."

Jiang said the declaration has made it clear that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. He said he is convinced that Taiwan will eventually be reunited with its motherland.

At the welcoming luncheon held by the Minister-President of Brandenburg Manfred Stolpe, Jiang stressed the significance of the Potsdam conference to China, pointing out that the Potsdam Proclamation clearly stated that the terms of the Cairo Declaration (1943) should be carried out.

Stolpe thanked Jiang for China's support to the German unification, noting that he believed China will achieve its reunification.

Five ideas for world peace and common development

Early Wednesday, in Berlin, Jiang made a speech at the German Society for Foreign Affairs in which he said that China maintains that the right way to maintain world peace and common development is to respect all countries and their peoples' willingness and interests.

Jiang put forward five tentative ideas:

Actively promote the formation of a multi-polarized world, which benefits all countries and peoples and helps establish a just and rational new world political and economic order.

Promote the democratization of international relations and resolve the foremost problems with the efforts of all nations and peoples. Insist that countries resolve conflicts through negotiation and co-ordination and follow the United Nations Charter and basic principles of international relations.

Respect the diversity of the world and maintain peaceful co-existence among countries with different cultures and social systems.

Lead economic globalization to the balanced development of the world economy so as to narrow the gap between the rich and poor.

Establish the new security concept based on mutual benefit, mutual trust, equality and co-operation.

Jiang, in his speech, stressed that China supports the war against any form of terrorism, but reaffirmed that the fight should follow the principles of the UN Charter, the relevant norms of international laws and eliminate double standards.

Jiang said that China is a peace-loving country, noting the facts have proved that China upholds justice, keeps its promise not to join a military bloc or pursue hegemony and power politics.

China has made its contributions to the safeguarding of world peace and stability and has promoted the common development of the human race, he said.

Moreover, China is still far behind developed countries in the world on economic development, according to Jiang, who maintained that advancing China's modernization drive will remain a basic task long into the future.

China needs a sustained peaceful international environment and is willing to develop friendly relations with other countries.

On the China-EU (European Union) relations, Jiang said that the two economies are highly complementary and share extensive common interests.

Turning to Sino-Germany relations, Jiang said that as countries of major influence in the world, China and Germany should strengthen co-operation and further develop relations.

The Chinese president arrived here Monday afternoon for his second state visit to Germany, since his first in July 1995. He is scheduled to leave for Libya on Saturday.

Germany is the first leg of Jiang's two-week five-nation trip, which will also take him to Libya, Nigeria, Tunisia and Iran.

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