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Chinese Foreign Minister Addresses Shanghai Five FM Meeting in Moscow
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan on Saturday called for the Shanghai Five countries of Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan to develop mutual relations and to expand cooperation in all fields.
Addressing the Shanghai Five Foreign Ministers meeting held Saturday in Moscow, Tang said it was necessary to "expand our mutual relations and promote our cooperation level in face of the complex international and regional situation."
The minister urged the five countries to increase their cooperation in "safeguarding regional security, expand close coordination in global affairs and develop mutual-beneficial economic and trade cooperation."
At present, with the development of political multi- polarization and economic globalization, the attempt to establish a unilateral-polar world is becoming increasingly unpopular and impossible, Tang said.
But he meanwhile warned that the hegemonism and the Cold War ideas do not quit the international stage as the setting in of the new century and, on contrast, return trends re-emerge sometimes.
After five years of growth, Tang said, the Shanghai Five has " become a bond to connect the friendship of the five peoples and to safeguard the strategic interests of the five countries."
Serving as an important positive factor for advancing the peace, stability and development of the European-Asian Continent and the world, the Shanghai Five has received more and more attention and recognition from the International community, he added.
At the first year of the new century and the fifth anniversary of the founding of the Shanghai Five, the five top leaders will re- gather in Shanghai, the rising place of the Shanghai Five, to make decisions and figure out strategic program for future development of the group, Tang said.
This year's Shanghai Five summit scheduled for June 15 will be a big event in the development course of the Shanghai Five and will produce significant influence on cooperation between its members as well as on regional and International situation, Tang added.
The foreign ministers of the Shanghai Five countries met here Saturday on preparations of the Shanghai Five summit as well as international and regional affairs with the signing of a joint communique and a press communique.
Tang, who arrived here Friday for a four-day visit, will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov Sunday.
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