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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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