BEIJING, May 7 (Xinhua) -- China demanded Thursday
that the city of Paris stop interfering in China's internal affairs.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the comment
in response to a question on the city's decision to give honorary citizenship to
the Dalai Lama next month.
The Paris City Council approved a resolution last
year to honor the Dalai Lama, which aroused indignation in China, Ma said.
"I want to reaffirm that Sino-French relations got
back on track through the joint efforts of both countries," Ma said.
He said he hoped France would work with China to
remove obstacles and promote ties that would develop in a sound and stable way.
Bilateral relations warmed after several high-ranking
current and former French officials visited China, including former Prime
Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, National Assembly Speaker Bernard Accoyer and
former President Jacques Chirac.
Bilateral tensions thawed after the two foreign
ministries jointly released a communique on April 1 stating that France fully
recognized "the sensitivity of the Tibet issue" and that France would not
support "Tibet independence" in any form.
On the same day, President Hu Jintao met with French
President Nicolas Sarkozy on the sidelines of the G20 summit in London,
signifying the restoration of bilateral ties soured by the French leader's
meeting with the Dalai Lama.
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