hammer1.gif (1140 bytes) People's Democracy

(Weekly Organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Vol. XXV

No. 38

September 23,2001


China Opposes Any Bypassing of UN

The Chinese President Jiang Zemin has put preconditions for China’s support for America's plans for retaliatory strikes against Afghanistan by saying that any military action should comply with the UN Charter and be based on irrefutable evidence.

"Any military action must comply with the objectives and principles of the UN Charter as well as widely recognised norms in international laws" Jiang Zemin told the British Prime Minister Tony Blair, during a telephonic conversation from Beijing according to agency reports.

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