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China will only use Aust uranium for peaceful purposes: Wen(Asia In Focus Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)CANBERRA, April 3 Asia in Focus - China will only use Australian uranium for peaceful purposes, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer today signed two agreements with China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on supplying uranium to China. * The agreements, signed following a meeting between Mr Wen and Prime Minister John Howard, cover nuclear transfer and nuclear cooperation. * "This is solely for peaceful purposes," Mr Wen told a media conference through an interpreter. SUMMARY China will only use Australian uranium for peaceful purposes, says Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao ASIA IN FOCUS 03-04 1343 |