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BEIJING (AP) — A rocket blast in southern Lebanon injured three Chinese peacekeepers on Sunday, just hours after China called on the United Nations to ensure the security of U.N. peacekeepers in the Middle East, state media reported.
A Chinese officer confirmed that the peacekeepers were injured by a Hezbollah rocket, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
"The rocket landed near our post at 11:55 a.m. (0855 GMT) as an Israeli military unit passed by a village close to the post," Luo Fuqiang, a Chinese officer who heads a sapper battalion, was quoted as saying.
The report not specify where the attack occurred or whether the peacekeepers had been hospitalized.
Earlier Sunday, China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in a telephone conversation that the U.N. should take tangible measures to ensure the security of U.N. peacekeepers, Xinhua said.
A Chinese observer was among four U.N. peacekeepers killed last month in southern Lebanon by an Israeli attack on an observer post.
Li, who is on a visit to Papua New Guinea, also called on Israel and Hezbollah guerillas to declare a cease-fire and urged the United Nations to do more to prevent the conflict from escalating.
China's special envoy on Middle East issues, Sun Bigan, began a five-nation tour of the Middle East Sunday in an effort to reduce tensions in the region. Sun was to visit Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the government announced earlier.
its pleasing to see china take up a more international roll and deploying its peacekeepers in potention hot zones in S lebanon
A Chinese officer confirmed that the peacekeepers were injured by a Hezbollah rocket, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
"The rocket landed near our post at 11:55 a.m. (0855 GMT) as an Israeli military unit passed by a village close to the post," Luo Fuqiang, a Chinese officer who heads a sapper battalion, was quoted as saying.
The report not specify where the attack occurred or whether the peacekeepers had been hospitalized.
Earlier Sunday, China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing told U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in a telephone conversation that the U.N. should take tangible measures to ensure the security of U.N. peacekeepers, Xinhua said.
A Chinese observer was among four U.N. peacekeepers killed last month in southern Lebanon by an Israeli attack on an observer post.
Li, who is on a visit to Papua New Guinea, also called on Israel and Hezbollah guerillas to declare a cease-fire and urged the United Nations to do more to prevent the conflict from escalating.
China's special envoy on Middle East issues, Sun Bigan, began a five-nation tour of the Middle East Sunday in an effort to reduce tensions in the region. Sun was to visit Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the government announced earlier.
its pleasing to see china take up a more international roll and deploying its peacekeepers in potention hot zones in S lebanon