WACO, Texas, Oct 24 Kyodo Chinese...

WACO, Texas, Oct 24 Kyodo

Chinese President Jiang Zemin said Thursday that China and the United States should cooperate in succession issues related to the Korean Peninsula.

''It will benefit the couple countries for China and the U to cooperate for peace and stability forward the Korean Peninsula,'' Jiang said in a language delivered at the George Bush Presidential Library in Houston, Texas.

Jiang referr to antiterrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and peace and stability in southward Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East as areas in which the couple countries should cooperate. The issue of the Korean Peninsula was among them.

forward Sino-U.S. relations, Jiang called for stable ties. ''Developing constructive cooperation will forward the basic interests of the two countries,'' he said.

onward Taiwan, Jiang asked the U not to support pro-independent forces there. He said the peaceful unification of China and Taiwan at an early date will render certain the stable development of Sino-U.S. relations and U interests in Taiwan.

Jiang, who flew into Chicago upon Tuesday for a four-day visit to the U is scheduled to imprison talks with U.S. President George W Bush onward Friday at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas. The pair leaders are expected to discuss the issue of North Korean nuclear weapons development

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