- Title: CHINA: U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL HAS ARRIVED IN BEIJING
- Date: 23rd February 2003
- Summary: (U3) BEIJING, CHINA (FEBRUARY 23, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SLV OF U.S. PLANE TAXIING 0.07 2. SV CHINESE SECURITY ON TARMAC/SOLDIERS (2 SHOTS) 0.18 3. LV PLANE DOORS OPENING AND DARK LIMOUSINES DRIVING UP 0.24 4. SV U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL EXITING PLANE/POWELL BEING GREETED BY U.S. AMBASSADOR CLARK J. RANDT AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS 0.38 5. SV CAMERAMEN FILMING 0.42 6. SV POWELL WAVING TO JOURNALISTS AND GETTING INTO VEHICLE 0.54 7. SV U.S. MILITARY OFFICER PUTTING SUITCASES IN VEHICLE 0.59 8. SLV CARS WITH CHINESE AND U.S. FLAGS DRIVING OFF 1.06 9. LV PLANE ON TARMAC AND MOTORCADE MOVING OFF 1.13 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
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- Story Text: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has arrived in
Beijing to try to persuade China to use its influence over
North Korea and push for China's support for a possible new U.N.
resolution on Iraq.
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Beijing
from Tokyo on Sunday (February 23).
On Monday (February 24), Powell will hold talks with
Chinese President Jiang Zemin, Vice President Hu Jintao and
Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (pron: Tang Jya-shwen) before
heading to South Korea to attend the inauguration of
President-elect Roh Moo-hyun.
In Japan on Sunday, Powell said it was "time to take
action" on disarming Iraq and that he expected the U.N.
Security Council to
decide what to do soon after a March 7 report by U.N. weapons
inspectors.
Analysts say Powell can expect perhaps tacit Chinese
backing on Iraq.
China - like France and Russia - has voiced its preference
that U.N. weapons inspectors be given more time in Iraq.
But analysts say Beijing is likely to abstain from a vote
on another, tougher resolution rather than veto it.
Last November, China went along with the rest of the
Security Council and voted in favour of Resolution 1441, which
called on
Iraq to disarm.
But Powell may find a cooler reception to suggestions of
Beijing using its close diplomatic ties and economic clout to
keep
Pyongyang in check.
The crisis erupted in October, when the United States said
North Korea admitted to pursuing a secret nuclear weapons
programme. Since then, Pyongyang has ejected U.N. monitors,
moved to restart a mothballed nuclear reactor and withdrawn
from the global nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
China opposes economic sanctions, fearing further
brinksmanship by the north or possible collapse, and says the
best way to resolve the issue is through direct dialogue
between Washington and Pyongyang.
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