China, the US and air strikes on Iraq

China on Wednesday described the reports which claim there are Chinese workers who support Iraq in maintaining its air defense system in violating the UN embargo imposed on Iraq as an attempt to divert the attention from the US- British attacks against Iraq.

News reports said that the spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry said that China has declared its position clearly in that there is no use of diverting the attention of the world.

Ealier, the US said that Chinese workers were helping the Iraqi military build a fiber-optic network linked to radar stations and other targets attacked by American and British warplanes last week.