Foreign ministers attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(
APEC)
Ministerial Meeting on Thursday reached consensus on anti-terrorism
during their working breakfast hosted by Chinese Foreign Minister
Tang Jiaxuan.
Following are the key points of their consensus
--
All manners of terrorist activities pose threat to the
international peace and security and should be sternly condemned
and fought against. The International community should take an
identical stance on the issue;
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All anti-terrorist international covenants and resolutions adopted
by the United Nations Security Council should be earnestly
implemented, in particular, any acts of financing terrorism should
be prevented and prohibited and all terrorists should be dealt with
according to law;
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It is necessary to strengthen international cooperation and give
full play to the role of the United Nations and its Security
Council in combating terrorism;
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Anti-terrorism is a just-vs-evil struggle and a show of strength of
civilization against barbarianism rather than a conflict among
different ethnic groups, religions or cultures.
APEC foreign ministers believe that dialogue, accommodation and
cooperation among different civilizations should be promoted.
(China
Daily October 18,2001)