BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhua) -- China has said it disapproves 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 said here on Tuesday.

    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, Jiang said.

A TV-grab from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Television on April 7 shows the inside of the control room where the three-stage rocket, is screened from a launch site in an undisclosed location in DPRK. (Xinhua/AFP Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    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.

    China has noticed the DPRK's announcement of its satellite launch on April 5 local time and other countries' concern over it. The UN Security Council had just passed a presidential statement as a response, calling relevant parties for fulfillment of resolution 1718, she said.

    The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a presidential statement saying DPRK's launching activity was "in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718" and urging the early resumption of the six-party talks.

    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.

    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.

    Jiang said this accords with the interest of the international community and those countries involved.

DPRK to withdraw from six-party talks

    PYONGYANG, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Tuesday it will withdraw from the six-party talks in response to a U.N. Security Council presidential statement on its rocket launch.

    The DPRK will not fulfill any agreement reached in the nuclear talks any more, a spokesman from the DPRK foreign ministry said in a statement. Full story

China urges cautious UN reaction to DPRK "rocket" launch

Chinese UN envoy Zhang Yesui talks to the press, after a UN Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York April 13, 2009. Zhang said here on Monday that the UN Security Council's response to the recent launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) should be cautious and proportionate.(Xinhua/Liu Xin) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations should react cautiously to what the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) claimed to be a satellite launch, China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

    "We think that the reaction of the UN Security Council should help safeguard the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and northeast Asia, as well as help promote the six-party talks," ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular press conference. Full story

UN Security Council adopts statement on DPRK launch

    UNITED NATIONS, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a presidential statement on the recent launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying it is "in contravention of Security Council resolution 1718" and urging the early resumption of the six-party talks.

    In a non-binding statement, the 15-member council "condemns" the April 5 launch by the DPRK, reiterates that the DPRK "must comply fully with its obligations" under resolution 1718 and demands that the country "not conduct any further launch." Full story

Japanese FM: Denuclearized DPRK has the right to run space program

    TOKYO, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone said Tuesday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will be entitled to run a space program on condition that it has been denuclearized.

    At a press conference for foreign correspondents in Tokyo, Nakasone said that if the DPRK comprehensively settles the nuclear, missile and abduction issues, Japan is willing to normalized relations with Pyongyang. Full story

DPRK removed from "terrorism" blacklist

    BEIJING, Oct. 13 -- The United States has removed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.

    Pyongyang is welcoming the move, and says it will resume disabling its nuclear facilities. But the development is getting mixed reviews from South Korea and Japan. Full story

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