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Joint Communiqué of the Meeting of the
Foreign Ministers of the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of India
and the Russian Federation
(Harbin, China; October 24, 2007)
The Foreign Ministers of the People’s Republic of
China, Republic of India and the Russian Federation met in Harbin, China
on 24 October 2007.
2. The three Foreign Ministers positively assessed the important role
played by the Foreign Ministers’ meeting mechanism in enhancing mutual
trust and understanding and increasing trilateral exchanges and
cooperation. They believe that trilateral cooperation has excellent
prospects for development. They reaffirmed that trilateral cooperation is
not targeted against any other country or organization and is intended to
promote international harmony and mutual understanding and seeks to
broaden common ground amidst divergent interests.
3. The three Foreign Ministers exchanged views on the international
situation and reaffirmed that they would abide by the principles and
purposes of the UN Charter and other accepted principles of international
law. They further emphasized that they would continue to promote
democratization of international relations and evolution of a more just
and rational international order.
4. The three Foreign Ministers believe that the development of China,
India and Russia is a major contribution to peace and development of the
region and world and is beneficial to the process of global multipolarity.
The three countries have chosen their respective development paths in
accordance with their domestic situation and past experience and have
contributed to the diversity of world civilization and world development
patterns. With their continuous development and growing role in
international affairs, China, India and Russia will further contribute to
world peace, security, stability and prosperity.
5. The three Foreign Ministers believe that in order to
safeguard the diversity of world civilization and increase mutual
understanding, further steps to enhance multilateral cooperation in
conducting dialogue among civilizations would be useful.
6. The three Foreign Ministers emphasized that globalization has brought
about closer interrelation and interdependence among all nations, and that
multilateralism and collective action should be promoted in addressing
urgent issues and meeting new challenges and threats. Drawing lines on the
ground of ideologies and values is inconsistent with the trends of the
times and does not help solve various global issues facing the
international community.
7. The three Foreign Ministers underlined that the United Nations is the
most representative and authoritative international organization. In order
to deal with various problems and challenges facing the international
community more effectively, it is important to strengthen the role of the
United Nations, improve its efficiency and conduct a comprehensive reform
of the United Nations. The Foreign Ministers of China and Russia
reiterated that their countries attach importance to the status of India
in international affairs, and understand and support India’s aspirations
to play a greater role in the United Nations.
8. The three Foreign Ministers said that the three
countries attach great importance to the issue of climate change and
reiterated the principles and provisions of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol, including the principle of “Common
but Differentiated Responsibilities”. They stated their adherence to the
Convention and its Kyoto Protocol as the major framework for tackling
climate change, and agreed that the three countries will actively
participate in the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the
Protocol to be held in Bali, Indonesia in December 2007. The three Foreign
Ministers said that the three sides will enhance technical cooperation in
implementing the Convention and its Kyoto Protocol, including adapting to
climate change, increasing energy efficiency and develop renewable energy
resources.
9. The three Foreign Ministers reiterated their strong condemnation of
terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. No act of terrorism can be
compartmentalized, and there can be no justification for terrorism on any
grounds. It is imperative for the international community to come together
to combat terrorism in a long-term, sustained and comprehensive manner.
Collection action within the framework of the UN Global Counter Terrorism
Strategy and under the central and coordinating role of the United Nations
and its Security Council should be strengthened. Double standards should
not be adopted. It is imperative to finalize the draft UN Comprehensive
Convention on International Terrorism urgently. The three sides agreed to
further coordinate their action against all factors that feed
international terrorism, including its financing, drug trafficking and
trans-national organized crime.
10. The three Foreign Ministers had in-depth
discussions on the Asian regional situation. They believe that peace,
development and cooperation are the mainstream in the evolution of the
Asian situation. Asia is one of the most vibrant regions enjoying the
fastest economic growth in today’s world. At the same time, Asia is also
faced with pressing issues of imbalanced development and non-traditional
security threats. The three Foreign Ministers stated that the three
countries will enhance cooperation in all areas including coordination
within the framework of regional organizations and dialogue mechanisms to
the benefit of the people of Asia.
11. The three Foreign Ministers decided that there is the necessity to set
up a consultation mechanism at the level of Director-General / Division
Head between the three Foreign Ministries to strengthen trilateral
coordination and cooperation on regional and international issues and to
implement the agreements reached at the three Foreign Ministers’ meetings.
12. The three Foreign Ministers discussed the process for launching
cooperation in economic and cultural interactions. They felt that
pragmatic cooperation in these areas has enormous potential and
complementarity.
13. The three Foreign Ministers decided that working-level mechanisms of
Division Head/Director-General should be established between Ministries of
the three Governments looking after agriculture, disaster management,
medicine and health to explore concrete ways and methods of cooperation
for the development of agricultural resources, processing of agriculture
produce, research and development, capacity-building and application of
technology in disaster risk mitigation, exchange of information on the
prevention and control of contagious diseases and in traditional medicine,
etc.
14. The three Foreign Ministers stated that the three
countries will encourage and promote entrepreneurs and regions to enhance
contacts and launch cooperation among them and facilitate this process.
They expressed appreciation that the trilateral business forum will be
held in New Delhi on 15 December 2007.
15. The three Foreign Ministers positively assessed the role of meetings
among their scholars in promoting mutual understanding and cooperation
among the three sides and expressed support for scholars of the three
countries to further expand exchanges and cooperation in all forms. They
noted India’s offer to host a trilateral seminar on the evolution of
geopolitical strategic trends with the participation of officials as well
as scholars and agreed to hold it in 2008.
16. The three Foreign Ministers expressed satisfaction at the results of
this round of meeting and decided to hold the next meeting in Russia.
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