BEIJING, June 18 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesman on Thursday denied reports that the son of the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) top leader Kim Jong Il had visited Beijing.
The situation "presented in some media reports does
not exist," Qin Gang told a regular press briefing here.
Japan's Asahi newspaper on Tuesday cited unidentified
sources as saying that Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il's youngest son, met Chinese
President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders after flying to Beijing around
June 10.
Qin repeated China's stance on the Korean Peninsula's
nuclear issue, pledging to develop good-neighborly and friendly relations with
the DPRK while firmly standing for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,
nuclear non-proliferation and peace and stability there.
"China will, as always, unswervingly push for the
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, preserve peace and stability on the
peninsula and in Northeast Asia, and maintain contact and coordination with all
concerned sides," Qin said.
The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously
approved Resolution 1874, which allowed wider sanctions against the DPRK for its
May 25 nuclear test. The DPRK has voiced strong opposition to that move.
