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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R)
shakes hands with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan during a
meeting in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. (Xinhua photo/Ma
Zhancheng)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao speaks to reporters in Jakarta,
capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. Premier Wen was in Jakarta to attend
the Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami
held on Jan. 6. (Xinhua Photo/Gong Bing)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (1st R) meets with Indian Foreign
Minister Natwar Singh (1st L) in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6,
2005. (Xinhua photo/Gong Bing)
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (L, front) arrives at the
Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005.
Leaders or their representatives of 26 countries and international
organizations are meeting here Thursday to discuss the massive relief and
reconstruction efforts for the earthquake and tsunami hit countries.
(Xinhua Photo/Gong Bing)
US Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) listens at the opening
of the Special ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on Aftermath Quake and Tsunami
Summit at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia,
Jan. 6, 2005. (Xinhua Photo/Yao Dawei)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrives at the Jakarta Convention
Centre in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, Jan. 6, 2005. (Xinhua
Photo/Gong Bing)
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) greets
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the Jakarta Convention Centre in Jakarta,
capital of Indonesia Jan. 6, 2005. (Xinhua Photo/Tao
Ming)
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JAKARTA, Jan. 6 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Premier Wen
Jiabao stressed Thursday that the United Nations is playing a leading role in
the rescue and relief operations in the countries struck by the latest Asian
earthquake and ensuing tsunamis.
During a meeting with UN Secretary General Kofi
Annan, Wen noted that under Annan's leadership, the world body has made a strong
and rapid reaction to the disaster, a reaction highly appreciated by Chinese
government, said Chinese delegation sources.
He said the success of the relief operations came
from a highly efficient, coordinated and orderly progress of the operations
carried out by the international community, which needs from now on to consider
and plan the reconstruction and rehabilitation for the normalization of life in
the disaster-hit areas.
Wen arrived here Wednesday to attend the Special
ASEAN Leaders' Meeting on Aftermath of Earthquake and Tsunami, which gathered
heads of state or government, ministers and senior officials from 26 nations and
groups.
From a middle and long-term perspective, the
international community should speed up the construction of a strong disaster
detection and early warning system, the premier added.
"China is ready to strengthen its cooperation with
the UN in such fields," Wen said.
Annan, for his part, said that the world has made an
unprecedented reaction to the disaster this time, and it is the role of the
United Nations to coordinate all the relief and aid operations coming from all
the countries and organizations to make them really benefit the people of the
disaster-struck countries.
Annan highly evaluated the prominent role being
played by China in the relief operations and expressed his appreciation for
China's additional assistance of 20 million US dollars to the disaster-hit
countries under a multilateral framework.
He also agreed with Wen that the international
community should from now on put together the emergency operations with middle
and long-term programs of reconstruction and rehabilitation, and establish a
global disaster early warning system.
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