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U.S.-China move on U.N. Council expansion

UNITED NATIONS: United States and China have agreed to work together to block a plan to expand the powerful U.N. Security Council backed by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan, China's U.N. Ambassador said on Wednesday.

Wang Guangya said he reached the agreement with John Bolton during a meeting on Tuesday, which was the new U.S. Ambassador's first full day in his new post, because both believe the proposal by the so-called Group of Four would divide the U.N.'s 191 memberstates.

Washington and Beijing are already on record as opposing the G-4 resolution for different reasons, but the agreement would mark a new joint effort to prevent its approval by the U.N. General Assembly, which requires a two-thirds ``yes'' vote.

Mr. Wang and Mr. Bolton met again on Wednesday outside the office of General Assembly President Jean Ping, part of a round of courtesy calls the U.S. envoy is making to Security Council members and senior U.N. officials.

AP

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