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China, US to jointly oppose UN expansion
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-08-05 06:49
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China and the United States have agreed to work
together to defeat plans to expand the prestigious U.N. Security Council at this
time, China's U.N. ambassador said on Thursday.
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| Africa on Thursday rejected overtures from U.N. Security Council
aspirants Brazil, Germany, Japan and India to back their proposal for
reforming the world body in charge of matters of war and peace. The U.N.
Security Council is seen in New York, September 18,
2004.[Reuters] | The agreement came in a brief
meeting with John Bolton, the George W. Bush administration's new ambassador to
the United Nations, Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters.
Bolton, who was sworn in on Monday, was not immediately available for
comment.
A U.S. official said Beijing and Washington had long shared a belief that
proposals to expand the 15-nation Security Council at this time would lead to a
divisive international debate that could harm chances for crucial U.N. reforms
to be taken up at a world summit in New York next month.
"There's nothing new to our opposition to any proposal (on Security Council
expansion) that comes forward before U.N. reforms. We reiterated our stance
yesterday," said Richard Grenell, spokesman for the U.S. Mission to the United
Nations.
Wang said the United States and China "have shared objectives for the U.N.
reform, and we have shared objectives for the Security Council expansion."
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