China's multilateral diplomacy consolidated in 2006, says Chinese FM

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said in Beijing Sunday that China's multilateral diplomacy was consolidated in three major summits held in 2006.

Li said the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit in Shanghai in June saw the signing of ten documents including the Declaration on the Fifth Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

The SCO member countries reached consensus on building long-term, friendly cooperation and vowed to deepen cooperation on the economy and trade, security and culture, said Li.

A Commemorative Summit marking the 15th Anniversary of the Dialogue Relations between China and ASEAN opened in October was marked with a joint statement promising to cement their strategic partnership.

The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing in November saw a declaration on the establishment of a new strategic partnership between China and Africa.

"The three summits succeeded in improving cooperation between China and its neighbors and with developing countries," Li said.

Describing peace, development and cooperation as an inevitable trend, Li said new situations and contradictions would keep occurring, so all countries should maintain world peace and promote common development.

Source: Xinhua