Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin Monday evening held talks over phone, the two presidents
exchanged views on Sino-Russian relations and the Afghanistan
issue.
Putin briefed Jiang on his recent visit to the United States, Jiang
expressed his appreciation for the brief.
On
the Afghanistan issue, Putin hopes that the United Nations (UN) can play a more positive role and
expressed that the future Afghan government should have a broad
base including all ethnic groups and factions in the country.
Jiang said that the most important thing at present is to encourage
all circles of Afghanistan to establish a transitional
administration as early as possible, and China holds that the
future Afghan government should be broad-based and represent the
rights and interests of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
China supports the resolution passed by the UN Security Council on
the plan for the establishment of a transitional administration in
Afghanistan, and the UN's leading role in solving the Afghanistan
issue, said Jiang.
Both expressed that China and Russia will further strengthen their
cooperation in anti-terrorism, holding that the first meeting of
the Sino-Russian anti-terrorism working group scheduled for the end
of this month in Beijing will be of significance for strengthening
bilateral strategic cooperation.
Chinese President Jiang Zemin and his Russian counterpart Vladimir
Putin Monday evening held talks over phone, the two presidents
exchanged views on Sino-Russian relations and the Afghanistan
issue.
Putin briefed Jiang on his recent visit to the United States, Jiang
expressed his appreciation for the brief.
On
the Afghanistan issue, Putin hopes that the United Nations (UN) can
play a more positive role and expressed that the future Afghan
government should have a broad base including all ethnic groups and
factions in the country.
Jiang said that the most important thing at present is to encourage
all circles of Afghanistan to establish a transitional
administration as early as possible, and China holds that the
future Afghan government should be broad-based and represent the
rights and interests of all ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
China supports the resolution passed by the UN Security Council on
the plan for the establishment of a transitional administration in
Afghanistan, and the UN's leading role in solving the Afghanistan
issue, said Jiang.
Both expressed that China and Russia will further strengthen their
cooperation in anti-terrorism, holding that the first meeting of
the Sino-Russian anti-terrorism working group scheduled for the end
of this month in Beijing will be of significance for strengthening
bilateral strategic cooperation.
(Xinhua News
Agency November 20, 2001)