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| China steps up pressure to prevent any attack on Iran |
| 2012-04-06 |
| A senior Chinese diplomat said on Friday an attack on Iran would invite devastating retaliation that would envelop the region and destabilise the global economic recovery, and added that the international community had to restrain itself from war. Iran is locked in a dispute with the West over its nuclear programme, which Iran says is for peaceful purposes. Israel and the United States have threatened military action against Iran unless it abandons activities which the West suspects are intended to develop nuclear weapons. China, which has close energy and trade ties with Iran, has urged a negotiated solution to the dispute and long opposed the use of force or unilateral sanctions on Iran. The comments by Chen Xiaodong, head of the Foreign Ministry's West Asia and North African affairs division, was China's strongest warning yet not to use force to resolve the dispute. "If force is used on Iran, it will certainly incur retaliation, cause an even greater military clash, worsen turmoil in the region, threaten the security of the Strait of Hormuz and other strategic passages, drive up global oil prices and strike a blow at the world economic recovery," he said. "There may be 10,000 reasons to go to war but you cannot remedy the terrible consequences of plunging the people into misery and suffering and the collapse of society and the economy caused by the flames of war," Chen said on a web chat hosted by Communist Party mouthpiece the People's Daily. Speculation is growing that Israel could launch some form of strike against Iranian nuclear installations, which Israel sees as a threat to its existence. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 OOOOOPPPSIes, FORGOT INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > CHINA DOESN'T THINK THE IS AWESOME [nor Trustworthy any longer]. ARTIC = As far as China is concerned, US ACTIONS IN ASIA IS DESIGNED TO CONTAIN OR COUNTER CHINA. On a separate note, SOME GUAM LOCALS believe that NORTH KOREA'S UPCOMING "SPACE ROCKET/ SATELLITE" LAUNCH CAN EASILY BE TARGETED/ VECTORED AGZ GUAM AS AGZ AUSTRALIA OR PHILIPPINES, ETC??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-06 22:48 |
| #2 OOOOOOOOOOO, you just know Israel is going to go not-in-a-good-way ballistic when they learn the US = POTUS Bammer will accept a [conditional] Iran Civilian NucEnergy Program??? IMO Israel has little to no faith that Iran + pro-Islamist, post-Arab/Muslim Spring" Govts-States, other "Rogues" will prevent dangerous NucTechs from getting into the hands of Radical Islamist MilTerrs + aligned violent NGOS. E.g. DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS [paraph]> ISRAELI NEWS: NUCLEAR IRAN + PAKISTAN TOGETHER MAKE A BIGGER/WORSE MESS. ------------- FYI looks like the pressure on CHINA is itself increasing in the South China Sea. To wit, * DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > SOUTH CHINA SEA IS "PROPERTY OF THE WHOLE WORLD":INDIA. Indian External Affairs Minister SM KRISHNA gives Indjuh's response to China' warning from yesterday vee Indo-Viet Oil, Energy joint exploration + development in China-claimed areas of the SCS. * SAME > THE US IS TRYING TO CHOKE CHINA. * SAME > BLOOMBERG: GAZPROM EXPANDS AFTER GAINING TWO OFFSHORE BLOCKS. Beijing is reminded that it will also have to deal wid MOSCOW = RUSSIA in the SCS, besides the US + India + improved Vietnamese firepower + Japan, ASEAN, Iran-Pak-Turkic Navies, etc. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-04-06 22:41 |
| #1 Think of it as an act of G*d. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-04-06 07:58 |