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TRANSCRIPT -PRESS CONFERENCE WITH PREMIER ZHAO -PROOF ONI. Y
JOURNALIST: WHEN FOREIGN.-MINISTER MR HAYDEN WAS IN PEKING LAST
AUGUST AUSTRALIA AND CHINA AGREED TO DISAGREE. SINCE THEN HAS THERE
BEEN ANY CHANGED POSiTION ON EITHER SIDE OR IS THERE STILL DISAGREEMENT
ON THE INDO-CHINA QUESTION.
PREMIER: I HAVE ALWAYS SAID THAT THE POSITION4 TAKEN BY CHINA AND THE
POSITION TAKEN BY AUSTRALIA ON THE QUESTION OF KAMPUCHEA BASICALLY
ARE THE SAME. IN OTHER WORDS WE HAVE COMMON POINTS ON MAJOR ISSUES
CONCERNING THE QUESTION OF KAMPUCHEA. OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE
DIFFERENCES ON SMALL ISSUES, CONCERNING fHE QUESTION OF KAMPUCHEA.
FOR INSTANCE BOTH SIDES CONDEMN VIETNAM F-OR ITS INVASION OF
KAMPUCHEA, BOTH SIDES STAND FOR VIETN4AMESE WITHDRAWAL AND BOTH SIDES
AGREE THAT KAMPUCHEA SHOULD BECOME A PEACEFUL, NEUTRAL AND NONALIGNED
COUNTRY AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF VIETNAMESE TROOP'. OF COURSE
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETW4EEN THE POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE TWO
COUNTRIES ON SOME SPECIFIC ASPECTS. BUT I THIN4K THAT THROUGH
CONTINUOUS CO ! TACT, I THINK IT WILL ENABLE THE TWO SIDES TO ENHANCE
THEIR MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING. AND I THINK SOME DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE
TWO SIDES AS FAR AS KAMPUCHEA IS CONCERNED WILL NOT EFFECT OUR
CO-OPERATION ON THE MAJOR ASPECTS CONCERN4ING THE QUESTION OF
KAMPUCHEA. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONE POINT THAT IS THAT I
HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH PRIME MINISTER HAWKE ON THE
QUESTION OF KAMPUCHEA. I THINK THIS MORNING WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT.
JOURNALIST MR PREMIER LAST NIGHT IN YOUR SPEEC1H YOU REFERRED TO
VIETNAM'S USE OF THE TERM DIALOGUE AND W4ERE HIGHLY CRITICAL OF IT.
DOES THAT MEAN YOU BELIEVE DIALOGUE WITH VIETNAM A' THE MOMENT IS A
WASTE OF TIME.
PREMIER: THE VIETNAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER MR TAK SPREAD SOME RUMOURS
TO THE EFFECT THAT CHINA AND VIETNAM HAD STARTED A DIALOGUE THROUGH
CERTAIN CHANNELS AND HE EVEN WENT SO FAR AS TO SAY THAT FOREIGN4
MINISTER HAD A AT THE UNITED NATIONS. ALL THESE ARE SIMPLY
MYTHS, FABRICATED STORIES.
JOURNALIST: DOES THAT MEAN THAT DIALOGUE BET14EEN A' 2STRALIA AND
VIETNAM IS ALSO A WASTE OF TIME AT THE MOMENT?
PREMIER: OUR POSITION IS THAT WE ARE NOT FOR HAVING A DIALOGUE WITH
VIETNAM. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS TO OTHERS HAVING A DIALGUE
WITH VIETNAM. WHEN FOREIGN MINISTER HAYDEN WAS IN CHINA I SAID TO
HIM I DO NOT BELIEVE IN GOD. BUT IF HAS THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOD AND
IF HE CAN SUCCEED IN PERSUADING VIETNAM TO GET OUT OF KAMPUCHEA THAT
OF COURSE WOULD BE A VERY GOOD THING. HOWEVER OF COURSE I DO 1NOT
BELIEVE IN THAT GOD.
JOURNALIST MR PREMIER AUSTRALIA AND CHI NA HAVE SEEMINGLY ENJOYED
VERY CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR OVER 11 YEARS. I WONDER WHAT YOU PUT
THAT DOWN TO. I WONDER HOW SEEMINGLY THAT HAS WORK( ED So WELL.
PR MIER: SINCE THE ESTABLISH4MENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN
AUSTRALIA AND CHINA OUR RELATIONS H/ iVE MAD7 GOOD PROGRESS IN ALL
FIELDS TO THE SATISFACTION OF BOTil SIDES. AND TH. NK THERE IS
STILL VERY BIG POTENTIAL FOR-THE FURTHER EXTENSION OF OUR FRIENDLY
CO-OPERATION. AND I THINK OUR CO-OPERATION W4ILL CONTINUE TO
DEVELOP. AND I THINK THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR RELATIONS HAS GIVEN
PROOF TO ONE POINT THAT-IS COUNTRIES WITH DIFFERENT SOCIAL SYSTEMS
CAN DEVELOP THEIR RELATIONS SO LONG AS THE TWO SIDES ADOPT A FARSIGHTED
AND A WISE POLICY. THAT PROVES ONE THING, THAT IS COUNTRIES
WITH DIFFERENT SOCIAL SYSTEMS CAN VERY W4ELL ESTABLISH GOOD
RELATIONS. I WISH TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION OF THE VERY FARSIGHTED
POLICY PURSUED BY BOTH THE LABOR PARTY AND LIBERAL PARTY
OF AUSTRALIA IN DEVELOPING FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH CHINA.
JOURNALIST: ARE YOU AND MR HAWKE DISCUSSING THE QUESTION OF KOREA.
IS CHINA PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN TALKS ON. 4 RE-UNIFICATION.
PREMIER: THE PROPOSAL PUT FORW4ARD BY DPRK IS A PROPOSAL FOR
TRIPARTITE TALKS THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE CHINA. I THINK THE DPRK
HAS REASON TO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION, AND I THINK THEIR SUGGESTION IS
REASONABLE. THAT IS BECAUSE THE DPRIK IS A PARTY TO THE QUESTION AND
SOUTH KOREA IS A PARTY TO THE QUESTION AND THE UNITED STATES HAS
TROOPS IN SOUTHKOREA, SO THE UNITED STATES IS ALSO A PARTY TO THAT
QUESTION. I THINK THE QUESTION CANNOT BE RESOLVED WITHOUT UNITED
STATES PARTICIPATION. AND SO WE DO NOT INTEND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
TALKS AND THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY THE DPRK DOES NOT INCLUDE
CHINA.