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China appeals before talks

NZPA-Reuter Peking; China has appealed to! Vietnam to adopt a positive and sincere attitude during, their coming peace talks in] 'Hanoi, in the wake of the; [Sino-Vietnamese border war. | The appeal was contained! in a Peking “People’s Daily”) commentary quoted by the] New China News Agency] just before the Chinese Vice-j Foreign Minister (Mr Nan Lianlong) left Peking for his; meeting with his Vietnamese counterpart, Mr Phan Hien.. in Hanoi. "On the eve of the SinoVietnamese negotiations, we (earnestly appeal to the Viet-i inamese authorities to take a positive and sincere attitude; and contribute their due to a peaceful settlement of the issues with China and to the preservation of peace and security in South-East Asia,”, the "People’s Daily” said. After some delay, the two Asian Communist Powers, finally agreed to talks to re-.; store peace and pormal relations after their month-long i border war which ended'

;lwith Peking’s announcement Jof a complete Chinese troop withdrawal from Vietnam on [ March 16. '] The daily said China [needed an international enviironment of peace and stabil||ity to carry out its modern,'isation programme, and [Vietnam needed a respite (land recuperation from the devastation of war. which 'had plagued the country for [more than 30 years. [( Vietnam has categorically rejected a Peking protest ’[that alleged Vietnamese vessels had violated Chinese [ territorial waters around the Paracel Islands in the South 'China Sea. [| A Foreign Ministry Note (Ito Peking, quoted by the .Vietnamese News Agency, ] dismissed the protest as I, “Chinese slanders against, • and arrogant demands to, I Vietnam.” 1 The Note said the acts of 1 the Chinese authorities be- [ fore the start in Hanoi of [the negotiations “only create .'complications for the negotiations.”

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Press, 16 April 1979, Page 8

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282

China appeals before talks Press, 16 April 1979, Page 8

China appeals before talks Press, 16 April 1979, Page 8

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