Foreign Ministers of China and South Africa Agree that the Libya Issue Should Be Addressed Through Dialogues to Achieve a Political Solution

2011-06-05 10:44

On June 5, 2011, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi had a phone conversation with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Budapest. The two sides exchanged views on the situation in Libya as well as regional and international issues of mutual interest and agreed that the Libya issue should be addressed through dialogues to achieve a political solution.

Yang said that China supports the efforts made by South Africa and the African Union to this end.

Yang arrived in Budapest on June 4 to attend the upcoming 10th Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).