Special report: China enacts Anti-Secession Law

                NPC & CPPCC Annual Sessions 2005

    ALMA-ATA, March 15 (Xinhuanet) -- The Uzbek government will consistently support China's position on the Taiwan issue and oppose any attempt for "Taiwan independence," Deputy Foreign Minister I. Mavlanov said Monday in Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan.

    Mavlanov's remarks came shortly after the National People's Congress, China's legislature, passed the anti-secession law earlier in the day.

    Ties between Uzbekistan and China are advancing continuously since the two countries established a relationship of mutually-beneficial cooperation in various fields such as politics, economy,trade and culture, he said.

    Uzbekistan insists that the government of the People's Republicof China is the sole legitimate government of China and Taiwan is an inalienable part of the Chinese territory, Mavlanov added.

    He said his government opposes any attempt aimed at creating "two Chinas" or "one China, one Taiwan" and this stance is fully in line with the Chinese government's policy of peaceful reunification. Enditem