BEIJING, November 22, SPA -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will attend a Mideast peace conference in the United States next week, a government spokesman said Thursday. «We're willing to take part in all international effortsthat will be conducive to the proper settlement of thisissue,» said Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao. «I think the international conference ... has attractedthe attention of the international community, includingArab countries, and we all have high expectations and hopesubstantial results can be achieved,» Liu said at aregular ministry briefing, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/502237