China links US Mideast stance to Iran measure - WaPo

[rndmprsn]

linkage, chinese style...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/27/AR2006072700914.html

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China on Thursday warned the United States that its opposition to a statement condemning a deadly attack on a U.N. post in Lebanon could jeopardize U.N. negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The United States was blocking a U.N. Security Council statement on Israel's attack on the outpost in southern Lebanon, despite what council diplomats called many compromises by Beijing.

But the envoys said there was some hope a policy statement would be adopted late on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is meeting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Malaysia on Friday.

"This is a serious matter," China's U.N. ambassador, Wang Guangya, told reporters after a private meeting with U.S. negotiators. "It is an attack on the U.N. peacekeepers."

"If the Security Council cannot send a strong political message supporting our guys on the ground, it will be difficult for people to understand," Wang said.

[MrPrax]

1. Must suck being America...

The Chinese are making all your products, and now they are fixing your politics.

"This is a serious matter" nice to see a candid admission once in awhile by the elites

[mom cat]

2. I am glad that China is calling the US on this!