¡¡¡¡BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan stressed Tuesday that the weapons inspections in Iraq should be continued in the present situation according to the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.

¡¡¡¡Tang said this in a phone conversation with French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin on the Iraq issue Tuesday evening.

¡¡¡¡Tang said "it is still our direction of efforts" to seek political solution and avoid war. Enditem