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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.
Wang Guangya, China's ambassador to the United Nations talks
to reporters outside Security Council Chamber after Security Council
consultation on North Korea crisis at the UN headquarters in New York,
Monday, July 10, 2006. (AP
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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.
Chinese ambassador Wang Guangya 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." Full story>>
Chinese FM spokeswoman criticized Japanese remarks of "preemptive
strike" against DPRK
BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Jiang Yu criticized on Wednesday Japanese remarks of making "a
preemptive strike" against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),
calling the move "extremely irresponsible".
Jiang said this when asked to comment on the repeated
remarks by some Japanese politicians that Japan should launch a "preemptive
strike" against the DPRK, according to sources with the Ministry.
Jiang said the Japanese remarks made at a time when
the international community is trying all efforts of peaceful diplomacy are
"extremely irresponsible" and hard to understand.
The Japanese move is like adding fuel to the flames,
and it would only severely interfere with the international diplomatic efforts
and aggravate tensions in Northeast Asia, which is what the people of all
countries would not want to see, she said. Full story>>
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China labels draft UN resolution on
DPRK missile launch overreaction
BEIJING, July 11 (Xinhua) -- China said on Tuesday
that a draft resolution at the United Nations urging sanctions over the missile
test of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is an overreaction.
"China thinks the concerned draft resolution is an
overreaction. If approved, it will escalate the contradictions and increase
tension," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular press briefing on
Tuesday.
"The draft resolution will harm the peace and
stability in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asian region and hurt efforts to
resume the six-party talks and split the UN Security Council," Jiang said. "The
draft resolution requires a substantial revision."
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Japan's draft UN resolution on DPRK missile launches
"unacceptable:" Russian FM
MOSCOW, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that Japan's draft UN Security Council
resolution on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) recent missile
tests contained "unacceptable flaws."
Moscow believed the council's reaction "must be firm,
but not overly emotional" and it must not contain threats, which would only
create an impasse at the six-party talks on the DPRK's nuclear and missile
programs, Lavrov said, quoted by the Interfax news agency.
"Unfortunately, the draft resolution that was
proposed to the UN Security Council and is currently being discussed contains
all of these unacceptable flaws," Lavrov said.
Full story>>
S. Korea blasts Japanese official's "preemptive strike"
remarks
SEOUL, July 11 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Roh
Moo-hyun on Tuesday described the latest remarks by a senior Japanese official
about launching a "preemptive strike" against the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea (DPRK) as an "overreaction."
"The remarks by Japan's political leaders have
created a new situation, and there is concern this could exacerbate the
situation," the president said during the dinner with a group of ruling Uri
Party officials.
Roh said South Korea would make continuous efforts to
prevent the use of military means in any form on the Korean Peninsula.
He said dialogue between South Korea and the DPRK
should continue.
Full story>>
DPRK defends missile launches
PRETORIA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's
Republic of Korea said here on Tuesday that last week's missile launches were
part of efforts to protect itself against outside threats and increase its
self-defense capabilities.
Visiting DPRK Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hyong-jun
made the statement at a press conference following talks with his South African
counterpart Aziz Pahad in Pretoria.
Kim Hyong-jun defended his country's legitimate right
to missile test, saying that the latest launches were part of a routine military
exercise. The vice minister also attacked the United States for its military
exercise with Japan in waters off the Korea Peninsula.
Kim said the DPRK would stop launching missiles if
the United States halted its military exercises which he described as being
disruptive to peace on the Korea Peninsula.
Full story>>
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