Hu opposes moves that raise tension
By Xing Zhigang and Qin Jize (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-07-12 06:17 Also yesterday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu described a
Japan-drafted UN resolution urging sanctions against Pyongyang as
"overreaction."
"China thinks the draft resolution is an overreaction to the DPRK's missile
issue. If approved, it will escalate the contradictions and increase tension in
the region," she told a regular press briefing.
"The draft resolution will undermine peace and stability on the Korean
Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, hurt the efforts to resume the Six-Party Talks
as well as lead to a split in the UN Security Council."
Japan formally presented a draft resolution on Friday, seeking sanctions
against the DPRK.
The draft, co-sponsored by Britain, France and the United States, invokes
Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which authorizes sanctions or even military action.
But Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said that Japan would wait a
while before it pushes for a vote on the matter.
Chinese Ambassador to
the UN Wang Guangya speaks after a meeting of the UN Security Council at
the United Nations in New York, July 10, 2006.
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Asked how long Japan would wait, Abe said the country would not push for a
vote for at least a few days.
China's UN Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters at the UN headquarters in
New York that a resolution imposing sanctions would "not calm down the
situation," and urged other members of the UN Security Council to be flexible.
China on Monday introduced a draft UN Security Council presidential statement
on the missile launches on July 5 by the DPRK.
The draft statement, which is supported by Russia and does not carry the
weight of a resolution, calls for the concerned parties to work together on the
early resumption of the Six-Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, China's top negotiator to the Six-Party
Talks, is in Pyongyang as part of a delegation led by Vice-Premier Hui Liangyu
on a goodwill visit, which is widely expected to help push for the resumption of
the six-nation talks.
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