China says UN response to N. Korea rocket launch should be cautious.Byline: ANI United Nations, Apr.14 (ANI): China's UN envoy envoy: see diplomatic service. Envoy - Motorola's integrated personal wireless communicator. Envoy is a personal digital assistant which incorporates two-way wireless and wireline communication. Zhang Yesui has urged the UN Security Council to give a cautious and proportionate response to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government organized to take over control of the country after the Surrender of Japan at the end of the Pacific War. It existed in August and September 1945. (DPRK) recent rocket launch A rocket launch is the first phase of the flight of a rocket. For orbital spaceflights, or for launches into interplanetary space, rockets are launched from a launch pad, which is usually a fixed location on the ground but may also be on a floating platform such as the San Marco . "Our position on the reaction from the Security Council has been very clear and consistent. That is, the reaction from the Security Council has to be cautious and proportionate," Xinhua quoted Zhang Yesui as telling reporters after the council adopted a presidential statement on the DPRK launch. The UN Security Council on April 13, 2009 adopted a presidential statement on the recent launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In the statement, the 15-member council "condemns" the April 5 launch by the DPRK and calls on all member states to "comply fully with their obligations under resolution 1718," adopted by the council in October 2006. The statement also called for the early resumption of the six-party talks The six-party talks aim to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program. There has been a series of meetings with six participating states: the People's Republic of China; the Republic of Korea (South Korea); the , which gather China, the DPRK, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . "The reaction from the Security Council should be conducive to maintaining peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia Often used interchangeably with the term 'East Asia,' Northeast Asia is, as its name implies, in the geographic northeast region of Asia. Being a geographic, rather than a cultural term--as opposed to East Asia, which has varying definitions, some being cultural--Northeast Asia , and conducive to the six-party talks and also to the process of de-nuclearisation in the Korean Peninsula, and it should be also conducive to afeguarding the international non-proliferation regime," Yesui said. "That's why we had been consistent in the Security Council adopting a presidential statement instead of a resolution with new sanctions," he said. In Beijing, the government said it disapproved of the United Nations adopting any new resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) rocket launch, and is opposed to any new sanction against the DPRK. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu Jiang Yu, is the current Foreign Ministry Spokesperson for the People's Republic of China. said here on Tuesday that China maintains that the reaction from the Security Council should be conducive to safeguarding peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia, and conducive to the six-party talks and also to the process of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and it should also be conducive to safeguarding the international non-proliferation regime. She added that China disapproves of the UN Security Council's adoption of any new resolution on the rocket launch, and is opposed any new sanction against the DPRK. Jiang said China hopes relevant parties would view the overall situation and long-term development, keep calm and show restraint, jointly safeguard peace and stability in the region and promote the process of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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