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US criticism on human rights unreasonable
By Qin Chuan (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-03-09 23:43 It is unreasonable for the United States to
criticize China's human rights status, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao
said Tuesday.
The US House of Representatives recently passed a resolution calling for a US
proposal attacking China's human rights status at the United Nations Commission
on Human Rights this year.
"It is a commonly recognized fact that the Chinese Government has been
devoted to the protection of human rights and basic freedoms and has made great
achievements," Liu said during Tuesday's regular briefing.
Dialogue and co-operation are the only ways through which the two sides can
resolve their differences on human rights, he said, adding that there will be no
way out if antagonism is resorted to.
Shifting his attention to Iraq, where the country's Governing Council signed
an interim constitution on Monday, Liu said China welcomes the move.
China hopes the constitution can play a positive role in propelling Iraq's
political reconstruction and rebuilding order in Iraq which can be helpful for
the Iraqi people to resume their sovereignty, he said.
Speaking of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) demand that US
troops retreat from the Korean Peninsula, Liu said the DPRK's security concerns
are at the core of the issue.
China believes that achieving a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula also involves
dealing with the reasonable concerns of the DPRK over its security, he said.
In another development, Liu reiterated China's nuclear co-operation with
other countries is based on the principle of co-operation for peaceful purposes
and under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
He said nuclear techniques cannot be transferred to another country without
China's permission during such co-operations, he said, in response to questions
on the China-Pakistan agreement to build a nuclear power plant in Pakistan.
Liu said, Vice-Premier Wu Yi will visit Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Maldives
during March 17 and 29.
Another visit will be carried out by Javier Solana, secretary general of the
Council of the European Union and High representative for the EU Common Foreign
and Security Policy. He will pay an official visit to China during March 16 and
17.
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