U.S. Relations With the People's Republic of China (2008)

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USUN PRESS RELEASE # 277(08)
October 17, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Remarks by Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, United States Permanent Representative, to the Conference of the Foreign Ministers of Muslim and Western Countries, Astana, Kazakhstan, October 17, 2008

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The United States cares deeply about the success of the Islamic world. In recent years, Americans have sacrificed their lives and treasure to protect Muslims abroad, including in Bosnia, Kosovo, Kuwait, and Afghanistan, and we have advocated for Muslim rights in other countries -- including China and Burma.

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