Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan said in Beijing on Wednesday
that peace and development remain the major themes of the world.
Tang made the remarks at a press conference of the Fifth Session of
the Ninth National People's Congress (NPC).
Minister Tang said that the "September 11" terrorist attacks on the
United States have not changed the basic pattern and development
trends of the world.
He
said that at present and in years to come, the general world
situation will be peaceful but with local wars and conflicts,
global relaxation with local tensions, and overall stability with
regional disturbances.
(China
Daily March 6, 2002)