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'Unhelpful to peace'

By P. S. Suryanarayana

SINGAPORE Sept. 15. Taking exception to the Israeli security Cabinet's decision to expel the Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, China has emphasised that the move would be "unhelpful to the (stalled) peace process'' in West Asia. Even as China's Foreign Minister, Li Zhaoxing, held a telephonic conversation with the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States, Amr Mahmoud Moussa, on the Israel-Palestine conflict and the latest situation in U.S.-occupied Iraq, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Kong Quan, underlined that "Chairman Arafat is the legitimate leader elected by the Palestinian people.''

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