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Pakistan, China Warn Against U.S.

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    Pakistan, China Warn Against U.S.

    By AMIR ZIA, Associated Press Writer

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - China and Pakistan warned Saturday that a U.S. missile shield program will trigger a nuclear arms race - a deadly prospect for the volatile subcontinent where both India and Pakistan possess nuclear weapons.

    The U.S. National Missile Defense System figured prominently in talks between Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji and Pakistan's army ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said Saturday.

    Pakistan considers China a key ally against its uneasy neighbor, India. Pakistan and India have fought three wars since British rule of the subcontinent ended in 1947. China and India also fought a war in 1962 in the Himalayan region that separates the two countries.

    China is one of the biggest suppliers of weapons to Pakistan, but there were no defense deals signed on this trip. However, Zhu said Friday that the two countries would continue their military cooperation in line with international treaties.

    U.S. intelligence reports accuse China of giving Pakistan nuclear-capable missiles and technology, a charge both countries deny.

    Zhu's visit to Pakistan is largely an economic and trade mission. The two countries do a $1.2 million annual trade.

    On Friday - the first day of Zhu's four-day visit to Pakistan - he signed seven economic agreements, including pacts on railways, energy and mining.

    Zhang, the Chinese spokeswoman, said Afghanistan's protracted civil war also featured in talks between the two leaders Saturday.

    Beijing expressed its concern over Islamic militancy in Afghanistan and suspected links between the ruling Taliban and an Islamic separatist movement in China's northwestern Xinjiang province.

    Earlier Saturday, Zhu applauded Pakistan's military, saying the 1999 army takeover has brought stability to the country and revived an ailing economy.

    ``During the last 18 months, a lot of improvement has been made,'' Zhu told a luncheon of business representatives in Islamabad.

    ``I am confident that under (Musharraf's) leadership Pakistan's economy will do better in the future,'' Zhu said.

    The military took power in Pakistan in October 1999. It threw out the civilian government of Nawaz Sharif, accusing his administration of relentless corruption and economic mismanagement.

    Musharraf promises to hold general elections by October 2002, in keeping with a Supreme Court decision.

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