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SINO-SOVIET/RUSSIAN RELATIONS
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QIAN QICHEN SAID THAT CHINA WOULD ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS) ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. MOST OF CHINA'S 1.5 BILLION SWISS FRANC COMMODITY LOAN HAD BEEN DISBURSED TO THE USSR. IT WAS NOT CLEAR WHO WOULD REPAY IT BUT CHINA EXPECTED RUSSIA TO TAKE THE GREATEST SHARE. QIAN SAID THAT WHILE THE VOLUME OF SINO-SOVIET TRADE ON THE BASIS OF FORMAL AGREEMENTS HAD DROPPED IN 1991, THE INCREASE IN CROSS-BORDER TRADE HAD ALMOST COMPENSATED FOR THIS. WATANABE SAID JAPAN WOULD RECOGNISE ALL THE CIS STATES EXCEPT GEORGIA.
KOREA
8.
THE TWO SIDES WELCOMED PROGRESS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULAR. QIAN REPEATED THE STANDARD CHINESE LINE ON NUCLEAR ISSUES. LI PENG SAID THAT NORTH KOREA'S ISOLATION WAS NOT GOOD. JAPAN AND THE US SHOULD ESTABLISH RELATIONS WITH IT. WATANABE SAID THAT NORTH KOREAN ACCEPTANCE OF IAEA INSPECTION WOULD HELP THE RAPID NORMALISATION OF RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA.
NPT AND DISARMAMENT
9. THE CHINESE GAVE NO DATES FOR FINAL ACCESSION TO THE NPT BUT DID SAY THAT THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS HAD RECOMMENDED RATIFICATION BY THE END OF 1991 AS BAKER HAD BEEN PROMISED. QIAN ASKED WHY THE US DID NOT PUT THE SAME PRESSURE ON FRANCE AS IT SOUGHT TO PUT ON CHINA. WATANABE MENTIONED JAPANESE DISAPPOINTMENT OVER CHINA'S FAILURE TO SUPPORT THE EC-JAPAN RESOLUTION ON A UN ARMS REGISTER. QIAN QICHEN DID NOT RESPOND.
CAMBODIA
10. WU XUEQIAN RAISED JAPANESE PLANS FOR A CONFERENCE ON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CAMBODIA. WATANABE SAID THE THERE WOULD BE A FACT FINDING MISSION TO PHNOM PENH IN JANUARY AFTER WHICH A DECISION MIGHT BE TAKEN. WU ASKED IF JAPAN COULD HELP WITH DEMINING. WATANABE SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT, AND ASKED IF THE CHINESE COULD. WU SAID THAT IF THE SITUATION CALMED DOWN CHINA WOULD BE PREPARED TO SEND CHINESE DEMINING EXPERTS TO CAMBODIA.
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