May 2010

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)--the world's largest Muslim grouping--is to visit China next month, the it said Tuesday.

Thank you very much. On behalf of all of the American delegation, I want to thank our generous hosts, Vice-Premier Wang and State Councilor Dai, for their excellent preparation and the extraordinary time that has been given to this dialogue, along with the Chinese team and the American team.

Democracies need to hang together, as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama discovered in deciding not to reduce the American military presence.

Korea needs a better strategy to deal with China, an emerging superpower, in order to protect and promote its political and economic interests, experts say.