[Watch Video]>>
UNITED NATIONS, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China and Russia introduced a draft UN Security Council resolution Wednesday, calling for the early resumption of the six-party talks on Korean Peninsular nuclear issue.
Compared to the Japanese draft, the joint
Chinese-Russian one does not make the proposed sanctions mandatory and does not
invoke Chapter Seven of the UN charter, which can authorize sanctions or even
military action.
The draft strongly deplores the multiple launches of
missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and calls for a
suspension of such kind of tests.
It also calls on all member states to exercise
vigilance in preventing supply of items, materials, goods and technologies from
the DPRK.
Meanwhile, the text urges all countries in the
region, and in particular the DPRK, to show restraint and refrain from any
action that might aggravate tension and solve the problem in a political and
diplomatic way.
It strongly urges the DPRK to return immediately to
the six-party talks without precondition, and to return to the Treaty on
Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons and International Atomic Energy Agency
safeguards as well.
Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters
after the circulation at the UN headquarters in New York that the new text
formed the basis for the Security Council to send a unified strong signal to the
DPRK.
"It is also a good support for ongoing diplomatic
efforts to resolve the situation," Churkin argued. "I don't want to sound too
optimistic but I think that the ground is there for a successful outcome of this
process."
Churkin's remarks was echoed by his Chinese
counterpart Wang Guangya.
The Chinese-Russian proposal would calm the situation
in northeast Asia and be beneficial for peace and stability in the region, Wang
said.
The Chinese ambassador also confirmed that he would
veto the Japanese resolution if the council is pressed to vote on that one.
However, he expressed hope that through negotiations
in the next few days "we can find a way and the language that could unify the
whole council." Enditem
Related Video:
