¡¡¡¡BEIJING, Feb. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- China holds that support should be given to the two UN organizations in the strengthening of their weapons inspections in Iraq, Chinese President Jiang Zemin told US President George W. Bush in a phone conversation Friday evening.

¡¡¡¡He said it is the common aspiration of the international community to safeguard the Security Council's authority when dealing with significant issues like the Iraq issue

¡¡¡¡Bush informed Jiang of the United States' stance and views on the Iraq issue and the nuclear issue in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) during the call.

¡¡¡¡Jiang reiterated the Chinese government's principle and position on the Iraq issue, pointing out that the two UN organizations' weapon inspectors in Iraq had made some progress onthe whole, but there still existed some problems.

¡¡¡¡He said the Iraqi side had an obligation to respond to the problems, and it should cooperate more actively on its own initiative with the United Nations and possess no weapons of mass destruction.

¡¡¡¡Concerning the DPRK nuclear issue, Jiang said a nuclear-free, peaceful and stable Korean Peninsula was the consensus of the international community. He said he hoped all parties to make their joint efforts for a peaceful solution to the DPRK nuclear issue. Enditem