China To Back UNSC’s North Korea Resolution

from thebricspost.com: Angered by North Korea’s latest nuclear test, China on Friday said it will support the UN Security Council resolution on renewed tensions.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said the focus of the UNSC must be on “denuclearization”.

“China will support UN Security Council’s response to North Korea’s latest nuclear tests,” Hong said at a press briefing in Beijing. “The resolution should focus on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, countering the expansion of nuclear weapons and ensuring peace and stability in North-East Asia.”

South Korean President Park Geun-hye had said earlier she was confident of China’s backing for the latest UNSC resolution on North Korea.

“I am certain that China is very well aware if such a strong will isn’t followed by necessary steps, we will not be able to stop the North’s fifth and sixth nuclear tests and we cannot guarantee true peace and stability,” Park said.

“I believe the Chinese government will not allow the situation on the Korean peninsula to deteriorate further.”

North Korea said last week it had tested a powerful hydrogen bomb. A statement circulated by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the test had had “no adverse impacts on the environmental situation.” Now, according to the statement, North Korea “possesses the strongest deterrent forces.”

But the United States and various experts doubt that, as the blast was roughly the same size as that from its previous test, of an atomic bomb, in 2013.

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