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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1994
QUESTION: MR HURD, CAN YOU EXPECT ANY SUBSTANTIAL OUTCOME FROM
THE AIRPORT, CT9 MEETING WITH MR QIAN, JUST LIKE THE MEETING... JLG'S ONE ?
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I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T DOUGLAS HURD, FOREIGN SECRETARY: ANSWER ΤΟ THAT QUESTION. WE WILL TRY BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE THIS SHARED INTEREST THAT I MENTIONED AND IF THAT CONVICTION THAT
WE IS A SHARED INTEREST IS COMMON TO BOTH OF US, THEN OF COURSE
I HOPE THAT MAKE SOME PROGRESS ON THE MATTERS WHICH ARE OUTSTANDING. WILL BE SO, BUT I CAN'T SAY TODAY WHETHER IT WILL OR NOT.
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QUESTION: MR HURD, THE BRITISH BUSINESS SECTOR IS SO ANXIOUS TO THE RESTORATION OF THE TWO COUNTRIES. WILL YOU DO THAT AT ANY PRICE?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY RESTORATION? MR DOUGLAS HURD, FOREIGN SECRETARY: WE HAVE A FLOURISHING TRADE BETWEEN BRITAIN AND CHINA. ARE SATISFACTORY.
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ARE YOU GOING TO MEET THE IRISH MR HURD, LATER ON TODAY AND BRING UP ANY IRISH ISSUES?
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CONSTANT CONTACT DOUGLAS HURD, FOREIGN SECRETARY: NO, THERE IS BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND IRISH GOVERNMENTS AND I DON'T THINK ANY PARTICULAR OCCASION FOR THE PRIME MINISTER AND MYSELF TO MEET. HAD A LONG TALK INSTEAD WITH FOREIGN MINISTER DICK SPRING MATTERS LAST SATURDAY NIGHT IN GERMANY. SO I DON'T THINK THAT SUCH MEETING IS ON HIS TIMETABLE OR MINE.
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MR DOUGLAS HURD, FOREIGN SECRETARY: THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN WE DO TO AGENDA GET THE CHINESE SIDE TO REALISE THAT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP SHOULD GO FASTER? WELL, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT IT SHOULD GO FASTER.
IT THERE IS A BIG VOLUME OF WORK. A LOT OF IT IS NOT CONTROVERSIAL, IS NOT POLITICAL, IT IS TECHNICAL AND LEGAL, BUT IT'S A BIG AGENDA AND WE NEED TO GET ON WITH IT. IT COMES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING ABOUT A WE ARE SHARED INTEREST AND THAT IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE POINTS THAT MAKING TO THE CHINESE ON EVERY POSSIBLE OCCASION, IT DOESN'T HAVE WAIT FOR MY MEETING WITH QIAN QICHEN.
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I HAD GOOD TALKS WITH WELL, DOUGLAS HURD, FOREIGN SECRETARY: AUTHORITIES IN HANOI, I'VE JUST COME FROM HANOI, AND WE DISCUSSED THAT THERE'S BEEN AND SO FAR AS THEY'RE CONCERNED THE PROGRAMME CONTINUES. GOOD PROGRESS, YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT. THE REMAINDER OF YOU
WE'RE ABOUT HALF WAY THROUGH. KNOW THE SIZE OF THAT, WELL, THERE'S BEEN GOOD CO-OPERATION WITH THE VIETNAMESE AND I HOPE THAT WILL CONTINUE AND FOLLOWING MY TALKS IN HANOI I IT WILL.
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