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---RPEC:CHINESE PARTICIPATION
TODAY, AMBASSADORS OF ALL COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN APEC WERE
SUMMONED TO FOREIGN MINISTRY.OBJECTIVE OF MTG WAS TO HEAR
STATEMENT READ BY DIRECTOR OF INTL ORGANIZATIONS DEPT CONCERNING
AGREEMENT ON CHINAS PARTICIPATION IN PROCESS, WITH PARTICULAR
REFERENCE TO PARTICIPATION OF CHINESE TAIPEI AND HKONG. YOU WILL
NOTE CHINESE DELEGATION IS TO BE LED BY FM,QIAN QICHEN, AND MIN OF
MOFERT, LI LANQING.FULL TEXT OF STATEMENT FOLLOWS.
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2.QUOTE CHINA HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN PROMOTING ECONOMIC COOPERATIONS
IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION, AND HAS TAKEN A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
TOWARD THE ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION(APEC). IT IS WITH
SUCH ATTITUDE THAT CHINA, THROUGH CONSULTATIONS, REACHED AGREEMENT
WITH THE CHAIRMAN OF APEC SR OFFICIALS MTG (SOM) ON THE QUESTION OF
PARTICIPATION.SUBSEQUENTLY A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS
FORMALLY SIGNED.CHINA HAS NOW RECD FORMAL INVITATION FROM THE
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND CHAIRMAN
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