China is "seriously concerned" over the tensions created by the
missile test-firing by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in
Beijing on Wednesday.
"We are seriously concerned with what has happened," Liu said in
a press release.
He urged the parties concerned to keep calm and exercise
restraint, make more efforts to promote peace and stability in the
Korean Peninsula and the northeast Asia and avoid actions which
could further intensify and complicate the situation.
China has made unremitting efforts to ease the tensions in the
Korean Peninsula, maintain regional peace and stability and push
forward the negotiation process of the six-party talks, Liu
said.
"We'll continue to work together with all the other parties and
play a constructive role," Liu said.
A press release from China's Foreign Ministry said Chinese
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Wednesday had telephone talks on
the subject with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Japanese
Foreign Minister Aso Taro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of
the Republic of Korea Ban Ki-Moon and Australian Foreign Minister
Alexander Downer.
Li exchanged views with the four foreign ministers on the latest
developments on the Korean Peninsula, according to the press
release.
(Xinhua News Agency July 6, 2006)