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China: G8 summit is not a platform for exerting pressure(Xinhua)Updated: 2007-06-05 09:09 BEIJING -- The outreach session of the G-8 Summit is not a platform for putting pressure on any country, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai said on Monday. Cui made the remarks at a press conference in Beijing when asked to comment whether the G-8 nations would exert pressure on China on the issues of intellectual property rights protection, climate change and China's policy in Africa. The G-8 summit is a mechanism of developed countries and China welcomes the G-8 nations to hold talks with developing countries, Cui said, adding that results would be achieved if they conduct these dialogues based on the spirit of equality. "I don't think this outreach dialogue will be a platform for pressing any country and they should not do it at all. I don't believe this is the consensus of the G-8 nations," he said. The world economy is unbalanced but this is not China's fault and China alone cannot redress it, Cui said. China is willing to make its due contribution in maintaining the balanced development of the global economy in order to benefit other countries and achieve common development, he added. The outreach session of the G-8 Summit will be held in Germany from June 6 to 8. |
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