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Wednesday 20 January 2016
Japan FM: Russia New Taiwan government wants US help on China
key to Syria, North
M. PENNINGTON Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party, DPP, president-elect Tsai Ing-wen speaks in Taipei, Tai-
Korea solutions Associated Press wan. Taiwan’s new government will carefully manage relations with mainland China and it wants
M. YAMAGUCHI WASHINGTON (AP) — Tai- Washington to keep encouraging reconciliation.
wan’s new government will
Associated Press carefully manage relations (AP Photo/Wally Santana)
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s with mainland China and
foreign minister pledged it wants Washington to Those remarks will be wel- “We would need the Unit- agree that the communist
Tuesday to continue talks keep encouraging recon- comed by the Obama ed States to continue to mainland and democratic
with Russia even though ciliation, a senior official administration. The United encourage the two sides island are part of a single
the two countries still lack of the victorious party said States is Taiwan’s most im- to speak with each other,” Chinese nation. Tsai has re-
a World War II peace Tuesday. Joseph Wu is sec- portant ally and source of Wu said, adding that Wash- fused to endorse Beijing’s
treaty, saying Moscow is retary-general of the inde- defensive arms but it has ington can play a “balanc- “one China principle” but
key to resolving interna- pendence-leaning Demo- applauded the easing of ing role” so Taiwan is “not hasn’t publicly repudiated
tional threats from Syria cratic Progressive Party. He cross-Strait relations under dangling out there alone it either.
and North Korea. is meeting with senior U.S. the outgoing Nationalist dealing withChina.” Wu said a top priority for the
Fumio Kishida also an- officials this week following government. Wu characterized Beijing’s new administration would
nounced $350 million in the party’s commanding China claims the island as reaction to the election as be for legislation laying
new aid to help stabilize victory in elections on the its own territory and threat- “measured,” but it has al- out the guiding principles
Syria and its neighbor- self-governing island Satur- ens to use force if Taiwan ready warned that it will not for cross-Strait relations so
ing countries amid the day. The DPP defeated the declares formal indepen- budge on its bottom line there is more transparency
region’s massive refugee Nationalist Party that has dence. that Taiwan’s leader must in its dealings with Beijing.q
crisis, following $810 mil- forged closer ties with the
lion in earlier humanitar- mainland during its eight-
ian support. year tenure.
Kishida said in a speech The result was widely seen
in Tokyo that a diplomatic as a setback to Beijing,
dialogue between Japan but Wu said his party’s
and Russia is indispens- presidential nominee, Tsai
able, even though a terri- Ing-wen, has made clear
torial dispute has prevent- she wants to maintain the
ed them from technically status quo and safeguard
ending their World War II peace and stability across
hostilities. He said the two the Taiwan Strait.
sides are seeking to hold “We will do our utmost to
summit talks “at the most find a mutually accept-
appropriate time” this able mode of interaction
year. between Taiwan and the
Media reports say Prime mainland, one that avoids
Minister Shinzo Abe might confrontation and pre-
visit Russia in April for talks vents surprises,” Wu told
with President Vladimir Pu- the Center for Strategic
tin ahead of a Group of and International Studies
Seven leaders’ meeting in think tank.
Japan in May.
“The international com- China’s Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia on Mideast tour
munity is faced with vari-
ous challenges, and Rus- A. AL-SHIHRI Defense Minister Moham- the size of these loans was tion while in the kingdom.
sia’s constructive role is AYA BATRAWY med bin Salman greeted not discosed. In an official Economic ties between
essential in resolving the Associated Press the Chinese delegation readout of their meeting, Saudi Arabia and Chi-
problems,” Kishida said, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) on their arrival. China and Saudi Arabia said that King na are central to their bi-
citing North Korea, Syria — Chinese President Xi Jin- Saudi Arabia signed 14 Salman had decorated the lateral relationship. Saudi
and the threat of terror- ping has arrived in Saudi memoranda of under- Chinese president with the Arabia isChina’s biggest
ism. Arabia for a two-day visit standing to enhance co- country’s most prestigious supplier of crude oil, ac-
“In that context, political as part of a Middle East operation, research, invest- medal, named after the counting for one in six bar-
dialogue, especially at a tour that will include stops ment and development in country’s founder, King Ab- rels of China’s crude oil
political level, is indispens- in Egypt and Iran. the fields of trade, satellite delaziz. During his two-day imports, the Xinhua news
able.” Saudi state television re- navigation technology, re- visit, Xi will also be holding agency reported. China is
Japan and Russia never ported that King Salman newable energy and oil. talks with the chiefs of the Saudi Arabia’s second larg-
signed a post-World War and President Xi held talks Two Saudi loans for Chi- Gulf Cooperation Council est trade partner, with two-
II peace treaty because on Tuesday afternoon. nese environmental proj- and the 57-nation Organi- way trade reaching $69 bil-
of conflicting claims over Deputy Crown Prince and ects were agreed on, but zation of Islamic Coopera- lion in 2014.q
islands north of the Japa-
nese island of Hokkaido.q
