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China will discuss the new draft resolution to lift sanctions against Iraq with other members of the UN Security Council in a constructive spirit, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said in Beijing Tuesday.
Zhang said China was studying the draft resolution which was submitted to the UN Security Council by the United States, Britain and Spain.
US Secretary of State Colin Powell had briefed China on the contents of the draft during a phone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, she said.
She said Iraq's post-war reconstruction concerned the long-term interests of Iraqi people and exerted a direct influence on peace and stability in the Middle East. China always considered lifting the sanctions would help to ease the humanitarian problems in Iraq.
(People's Daily May 14, 2003)
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