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Viewing cable 06BEIJING19546, SEPTEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, KIM

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06BEIJING19546 2006-09-14 11:21 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Beijing
VZCZCXYZ0046
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHBJA #9546 2571121
ZNR UUUUU ZZH ZUI RUEWMCF1948 2571211
O 141121Z SEP 06
FM AMEMBASSY BEIJING
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 0000
INFO CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
UN SECURITY COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
RUEHUP/AMEMBASSY BUDAPEST
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS
RUEHSB/AMEMBASSY HARARE
RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO
RUEHRO/AMEMBASSY ROME
RUEHVL/AMEMBASSY VILNIUS
UNCLAS BEIJING 019546 
 
SIPDIS 
 
 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL CH KN JA
SUBJECT: SEPTEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, KIM 
JONG-IL VISIT RUMORS, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL FOR DALAI LAMA, 
TAIWAN REJECTED AT UN, VENEZUELA ON UNSC, IRAN, MIL-MIL 
COOPERATION WITH USA, SINO-JAPAN RELATIONS, TERRITORIAL 
WATERS, UNIFIL, ZIMBABWE LOAN AND UPCOMING VISITS 
 
 
 1.  KEY POINTS MADE AT THE SEPTEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING 
WERE: 
 
-- RESUMING THE SIX-PARTY TALKS REQUIRES EFFORTS BY ALL 
PARTIES.  ON U.S. "SANCTIONS" AGAINST THE DPRK, CHINA 
SUPPORTS PROSECUTION OF THOSE COMMITTING FINANCIAL CRIMES 
BASED ON THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE. 
 
-- THERE ARE "NO ARRANGEMENTS" FOR KIM JONG-IL TO VISIT CHINA. 
 
-- THE U.S. CONGRESS' PROPOSAL TO AWARD A MEDAL TO THE DALAI 
LAMA SENDS "WRONG SIGNALS TO TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE FORCES" AND 
DAMAGES THE U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP. 
 
-- TAIWAN'S EFFORT TO JOIN THE UNITED NATIONS "GETS TAIWAN 
NOWHERE." 
 
-- CHINA SUPPORTS VENEZUELA'S BID FOR A SEAT AT THE UNSC. 
 
--THE EU-3 DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAN PRODUCED SOME RESULTS AND 
THE PARTIES SHOULD GRASP THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESUME TALKS. 
 
-- CHINA MAY BE READY TO ENHANCE MILITARY EXCHANGE WITH THE 
UNITED STATES, INCLUDING STUDYING A PROPOSED MILITARY "HOT 
LINE." 
 
-- RELATIONS WITH JAPAN CAN IMPROVE ONLY WITH REMOVAL OF 
POLITICAL OBSTACLES. 
 
-- CHINA SEEKS TO AVOID DISPUTES WITH NEIGHBORS IN 
TERRITORIAL WATERS, INCLUDING NEAR A SOUTH KOREAN ISLAND 
WHERE CHINA REPORTEDLY CONDUCTED AERIAL SURVEILLANCE. 
 
-- THE SPOKESMAN HAD NO NEW INFORMATION ABOUT CHINAS UNIFIL 
TROOP COMMITMENT OR A REPORTED LOAN TO ZIMBABWE. 
 
--THE LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT WILL VISIT BEIJING.  VICE PREMIER 
ZENG PEIYAN WILL TRAVEL TO HUNGARY, BELGIUM, IRELAND AND 
NORWAY. 
 
SIX-PARTY TALKS 
--------------- 
 
2.  RESPONDING TO A REPORTER'S STATEMENT THAT THE UNITED 
STATES MIGHT LIFT FINANCIAL "SANCTIONS" AGAINST NORTH KOREA, 
MFA SPOKESPERSON QIN GANG SAID RESUMPTION OF THE SIX-PARTY 
TALKS NEEDS THE EFFORTS OF ALL SIX PARTIES TO ELIMINATE 
CURRENT OBSTACLES AND TO CREATE MUTUAL TRUST.  WHEN PRESSED, 
QIN SAID CHINA'S POSITION ON FINANCIAL CRIMES IS CLEAR: 
PROSECUTING SUCH CRIMES REQUIRES "STICKING TO THE FACTS AND 
THE EVIDENCE." 
 
3.  ASKED WHETHER KIM JONG-IL WOULD VISIT CHINA IN THE NEAR 
FUTURE, QIN ANSWERED THAT THERE ARE "NO SUCH ARRANGEMENTS." 
 
4.  BEIJING IS NOT CONSIDERING ANY AMENDMENT OF ITS TREATY OF 
FRIENDSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA, QIN SAID.  CHINA'S POSITION 
TOWARDS NORTH KOREA IS "CONSISTENT AND REMAINS UNCHANGED." 
 
5.  ASKED ABOUT A REPORT THAT A/S HILL RECENTLY OFFERED THAT 
THE UNITED STATES WOULD ENTER BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE 
DPRK, QIN SAID FLATLY THE REPORT "IS NOT TRUE."  QIN FOLLOWED 
UP BY SAYING CHINA SUPPORTS DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE UNITED 
STATES AND THE DPRK. 
 
DALAI LAMA CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL 
------------------------------ 
 
6.  THE UNITED STATES IS SENDING "VERY SERIOUS WRONG SIGNALS 
TO TIBETAN INDEPENDENCE FORCES," "SERIOUSLY INTERFERING" WITH 
CHINESE INTERNAL ISSUES AND DAMAGING THE U.S.-CHINA 
RELATIONSHIP BY THE U.S. CONGRESS' INSISTENCE, DESPITE BEING 
WELL-AWARE OF BEIJING'S VIEWS, ON GRANTING THE DALAI LAMA A 
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL, STATED QIN.  HE SAID THE WORDS AND 
ACTIONS OF THE DALAI LAMA ARE AIMED AT SPLITTING CHINA. 
 
TAIWAN REJECTED AT THE UN 
------------------------- 
 
7.  RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ABOUT TAIWAN'S UNSUCCESSFUL BID 
 
 
 
 
 
FOR UN MEMBERSHIP, QIN SAID TAIWAN FAILED FOR THE 14TH TIME 
IN ITS "SO-CALLED JOINING" OF THE UN, ADDING THAT CHALLENGING 
THE ONE CHINA POLICY "GETS TAIWAN NOWHERE."  QIN ADMONISHED 
TAIWAN "TO CEASE THESE ATTEMPTS TO SPLIT THE COUNTRY." 
 
VENEZUELAN SEAT ON THE UNSC 
--------------------------- 
 
8.  QIN CONFIRMED THAT PRESIDENT CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA RAISED 
THE ISSUE OF A VENEZUELAN SEAT AT THE UNSC DURING HIS RECENT 
VISIT TO CHINA.  CHINA SUPPORTS THIS OUTCOME BECAUSE "AT 
PRESENT, CHINA HAS A SOUND AND VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP" WITH 
VENEZUELA, HE SAID. 
 
IRAN 
---- 
 
9.  BEIJING MAINTAINS CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH ALL RELEVANT 
PARTIES REGARDING THE IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE AND IS MAKING 
POSITIVE EFFORTS AT THIS "CRUCIAL JUNCTURE" TO RESUME 
NEGOTIATIONS, SAID QIN.  THE EU-3 TALKS WITH IRAN GARNERED 
SOME ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHINA URGES ALL PARTIES TO MAINTAIN 
PATIENCE AND CALM TO FIND A WAY FORWARD.  CHINA CALLS ON IRAN 
TO CONSIDER THE CONCERNS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND 
COOPERATE WITH THE IAEA TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE.  THE MAIN POINT 
IS TO GRASP THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE EU-3 AND IAEA AND GRAB 
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESUME TALKS, HE SAID. 
 
U.S.-CHINA MIL-MIL COOPERATION 
------------------------------ 
 
10.  THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA HELD JOINT SEARCH AND RESCUE 
EXERCISES AND CHINESE NAVAL VESSELS VISITED U.S. PORTS, 
REPORTED QIN.  BEIJING HOPES SUCH MILITARY-TO-MILITARY 
COOPERATION CAN BE MAINTAINED AND WISHES TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE 
AND MUTUAL TRUST.  CHINA STANDS READY TO ENHANCE, AND WOULD 
CONSIDER EXPANDING, MILITARY EXCHANGE WITH THE UNITED STATES. 
 RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ABOUT A POSSIBLE MILITARY "HOT 
LINE" BETWEEN THE WASHINGTON AND BEIJING, QIN SAID BEIJING IS 
OPEN TO DIALOGUE AND WOULD GIVE SUCH A PROPOSAL CAREFUL 
STUDY. 
 
SINO-JAPANESE RELATIONS 
----------------------- 
 
11.  JAPAN IS A CLOSE NEIGHBOR AND CHINA ATTACHES IMPORTANCE 
TO MILITARY COOPERATION WITH IT, BUT REMOVING POLITICAL 
OBSTACLES WILL BE NECESSARY TO FACILITATE SUCH COOPERATION, 
QIN SAID.  ANSWERING A KYODO NEWS REPORTER'S QUESTION ABOUT 
WHETHER CHINESE LEADERS PLAN TO MEET AT THE APEC LEADERS 
MEETING WITH THE NEW PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN WHO WILL BE 
ELECTED NEXT MONTH, QIN SAID HE HAD NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION. 
QIN SAID IT WILL TAKE JOINT EFFORTS TO REMOVE POLITICAL 
OBSTACLES AND RETURN TO "NORMAL DEVELOPMENT" OF CHINA-JAPAN 
RELATIONS. 
 
DISPUTES OVER TERRITORIAL WATERS 
-------------------------------- 
 
12.  RESPONDING TO A QUESTION ABOUT CHINA'S DISPUTES WITH 
NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ABOUT TERRITORY IN THE SEAS SURROUNDING 
CHINA, QIN SAID CHINA WILL SAFEGUARD ITS SOVEREIGNTY AND 
TERRITORY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1992 UN CONVENTION ON THE 
LAW OF THE SEA AND THE 1996 DECLARATION ON THE BASELINES OF 
THE TERRITORIAL SEA.  WHERE DISPUTES CANNOT BE RESOLVED NOW, 
CHINA SUPPORTS TRANSITIONING MEASURES, SHELVING DIFFERENCES 
AND GOING FORWARD WITH JOINT DEVELOPMENT. 
 
CHINESE SURVEILLANCE OF KOREAN ISLAND 
------------------------------------- 
 
13.  ASKED ABOUT A REPORT THAT CHINA CARRIED OUT AERIAL 
SURVEILLANCE ON SOUTH KOREAN FACILITIES ON IEO ISLAND 
(PRONOUNCED SUYAN IN CHINESE) IN THE EAST CHINA SEA, QIN 
RESPONDED THAT CHINA HAS NO SOVEREIGN DISPUTE WITH THE ROK 
OVER THE ISLAND AND CONSULTS WITH THE ROK OVER DEMARCATION OF 
THE SEA. 
 
NO INFORMATION ON UNIFIL COMMITMENTS, ZIMBABWE LOAN 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14.  THE SPOKESMAN SAID HE HAD NOTHING NEW TO ADD ABOUT 
CHINA'S SUPPORT OF UNIFIL, NOTING THAT SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENTS 
FOR TROOP INCREASES ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DISCUSSION.  HE HAD 
NO INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION ABOUT A PURPORTED 
CHINESE LOAN OF 200 MILLION USD TO ZIMBABWE, BUT SAID CHINA 
HAS FRIENDLY COOPERATION WITH ZIMBABWE AND SUPPORTS ITS 
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. 
 
VISITS 
------ 
 
15.  AT THE INVITATION OF PRESIDENT HU JINTAO, LITHUANIAN 
PRESIDENT VALDAS ADAMKUS WILL VISIT CHINA FROM SEPTEMBER 
23-28. 
 
16.  VICE PREMIER OF THE STATE COUNCIL ZENG PEIYAN WILL VISIT 
FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FROM SEPTEMBER 19-28: HUNGARY, AT THE 
INVITATION OF PRIME MINISTER FERENC GYURCSANY; BELGIUM, AT 
THE INVITATION OF DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF 
FINANCE REYNDERS; IRELAND AT THE INVITATION OF THE 
GOVERNMENT; AND THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY. 
RANDT