Wang Guangya, Chinese permanent representative to the United
Nations, said Saturday that China is ready to make joint efforts
with all the parties concerned to maintain peace and stability on
the Korean Peninsula.
Wang made the remarks after the UN Security Council adopted a
draft resolution on the missile launches by the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Wang said China has always been committed to maintaining peace
and stability on the Korean Peninsula and insisted on resolving the
relevant issues through peaceful dialogues and negotiations.
"The Chinese side is ready to make joint efforts with all the
parties concerned to overcome difficulties, create conditions,
promote the Six-Party Talks, and jointly maintain peace and
stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the Northeast Asia," he
said.
Wang noted that since the discussion started in the Security
Council on the DPRK missile launching, China has acted persistently
to serve two major objectives of maintaining peace and stability on
the Korean Peninsula and the unity of the Security Council.
China has consistently advocated that the Security Council
should make appropriate response as soon as possible, send a
unified message to the international community, reactivate a new
round of diplomatic efforts, and bring about an early resumption of
the Six-Party Talks, he added.
Wang stressed that China has adopted a responsible attitude and
firmly opposed to forcing through a vote on a draft resolution that
is not conducive to unity and will further complicate and aggravate
the situation, cause grave consequences for peace and stability on
the Korean Peninsula, and create enormous obstacles for the
Six-Party Talks and other important diplomatic endeavors.
He said that China and Russia have put forward elements of a
draft presidential statement and then a draft resolution. "We have
made constructive and vigorous efforts to seek consensus on this
issue by the Council members," he noted.
He expressed the hope that the resolution just adopted will help
all the parties concerned to act calmly and continue the diplomatic
endeavors for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the
normalization of relations between the countries concerned.
(XInhua News Agency July 16, 2006)
