UN chief Ban Ki-moon meets FM Yang Jiechi

(2 Jul 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi shaking hands with United Nations(UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon 2. Close-up of handshake, tilt-up to Yang and Ban 3. Pan across Chinese and UN representatives at meeting 4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Yang Jiechi, Chinese Foreign Minister: "The people in the quake zone and the Chinese people are deeply touched by your visit to the people in the quake zone." 5. Ban 6. Ban and UN delegation at meeting 7. Ban speaking STORYLINE UN chief Ban Ki-moon was scheduled to meet senior Chinese officials on Wednesday during a visit to Beijing expected to focus on food security and other major international challenges. Ban met Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi early in the day and was scheduled to meet Premier Wen Jiabao and President Hu Jintao later on Wednesday. Speaking at their meeting, Yang thanked the UN chief for his support for China in the wake of the devastating 12 May earthquake. "The people in the quake zone and the Chinese people are deeply touched by your visit to the people in the quake zone," the foreign minister said. The UN secretary-general toured the heart of the disaster zone on May 24. Ban's visit to Beijing follows a trip to Tokyo, where he said he would soon visit North Korea following its recent declaration of its nuclear programmes. The declaration marked the completion of a key step in the six-nation talks that aim to permanently disable Pyongyang's nuclear programmes. China is the host of those talks, which also include the United States, South Korea, Japan, and Russia. The UN leader also said he would push for a 2020 midterm target for global carbon emissions at the upcoming Group of Eight summit to be held July 7-9 on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. G-8 leaders have expressed support for cutting emissions in half by 2050 and are expected to reiterate that target at the summit. China is key to any agreement, with it and other developing economies expected to boast the steepest future rises in energy use. With that growth in mind, Western leaders have called for China to set strict emission caps. But Beijing, along with India, has maintained that it needs rapid development to fight poverty among its massive population and that its per-capita emissions are far lower than those in rich nations. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...