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Prime Minister Netanyahu said, "I represent you before the Chinese government. I want to hear from you what I need to tell them in order to help you. I know that the Chinese ascribe great importance to government backing for business and I intend to give you this backing. We must make the national effort to enter Chinese markets and to create partnerships. In addition to your private initiatives, we need to create a government track with the Chinese."
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Prime Minister Netanyahu, today (Sunday, 5 May 2013), will leave for a working visit to China.
The Chinese leadership was recently replaced and it is expected to rule there for the coming decade. Issues of strategic importance in a variety of fields are expected to be raised in Prime Minister Netanyahu's meetings with senior leaders of the new administration; new bilateral agreements will also be signed.
While China and Israel mutually recognized each other in the early 1950's, full diplomatic relations were only established in 1992
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HAIFA, Israel, 4 May 2013 (BWNS) — More than 1,000 representatives of the Baha'i world community gathered here, 29 April-2 May, for a unique global event that was infused with joy, reverence and purpose.
The eleventh International Baha'i Convention marked the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Convention in 1963 at which the Universal House of Justice – the international governing council of the Baha'i Faith – was first elected.
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Foreign Minister Burkhalter to President Peres: Switzerland is not neutral when it comes to terrorism
President Shimon Peres conducted a diplomatic work meeting with the Foreign Minister of Switzerland Mr. Didier Burkhalter this morning at his residence in Jerusalem. During the meeting the two discussed the changes in the Middle East, ways to renew the peace process and the strengthening of relations between the two countries particularly in the fields of science and security.
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THE EUROPEAN UNION Brussels, 3 May 2013
Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2013
On the 20th anniversary of World Press Freedom day, the EU pays tribute to journalists worldwide who dedicate their lives - sometimes at great personal cost - to reporting events or expressing views that many might prefer to silence.