US envoy says China can help Afghans

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Source: China Daily

China can offer Afghanistan and Pakistan "peaceful economic development", said US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman in Beijing yesterday.

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China responded to Huntsman's message yesterday, saying Beijing wishes to work with the international community to help those war-torn neighbors achieve peace, stability, development and progress.

Huntsman noted that Beijing and Washington can both bring such help.

Huntsman made the remarks after addressing in Beijing an annual conference of the Committee of 100, a group of prominent Chinese-Americans aiming to encourage stronger relations between China and the US.

In response, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Beijing and Washington have maintained "good communication" on the situation in South Asia. Jiang Yu, the ministry's spokeswoman, said China, as a friendly neighbor of Afghanistan and Pakistan, has offered help "within its might" to help both countries achieve "peace, stability, development, and progress".

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