China to support India for permanent UN Security Council seat
Mon Apr 11, 4:16 AM ET South Asia - AFP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - China will support India's candidature for permanent membership of an expanded UN Security Council, according to an Indian government document seen by AFP.
"China understands and supports the aspirations of India to become a permanent member of the Security Council," said the document, drawn up after a meeting Sunday between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran.
"If the Indian side expresses its aspirations, the Chinese side will be happy to see this outcome," it added.
"On the issue of India becoming the permanent member of the Security Council, there will be no obstacle on the Chinese side."
These views were to be conveyed by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during talks in New Delhi Monday and could be made public as well, the document said.
"China will support India's effort when UN Security Council reforms reach a certain stage," it added.
China has said it supports a bigger role for India in the United Nations and the UN Security Council but has in the past stopped short of voicing any direct support for its candidature.
"People in the UN are now discussing it (expansion)... there are many different ideas... I don't want to make any specific remark on that... I don't want to influence it in any way," Chinese envoy to New Delhi Sun Yuxi told reporters earlier this month before Wen's four-day India visit.
Japan, India, Germany and Brazil have launched a joint bid to win permanent seats on the Security Council. Veto-wielding power is currently in the hands of five powers -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- in a system rewarding the allies who won World War II.
The Chinese premier arrived in India Saturday on the last leg of a four nation tour, which also took him to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
After a ceremonial welcome Monday, Wen said the world's two most populous countries "would put in place a bridge of friendship linking our two countries, a bridge that will lead both of us to the future."
The neighbours, Wen said, would sign an accord aimed at resolving a boundary dispute that has bedevilled relations for more than four decades, the result of a brief but bitter border conflict in 1962.
Asia's two fastest growing economies will also announce plans to boost trade currently at about 13.6 billion dollars, he added.
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U.S. backs Japan is half-hearted also:
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