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Chinese, Russian FMs discuss coordination on DPRK-related resolution over phone

Xinhua, March 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov Wednesday discussed over the phone strategic bilateral coordination on the passing of a new UN Security Council resolution regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Wang said China and Russia, as comprehensive strategic partners of coordination, have closely cooperated on important international and regional issues in the past.

The communication between China and Russia on the passing of the new resolution at the UN Security Council in relation to the DPRK has been efficient recently. The two countries have achieved important consensus on preventing the DPRK from further advancing its nuclear missile program, preventing war and chaos on the Korean Peninsula and safeguarding the legitimate interests of China and Russia, Wang said.

This shows the high level of the strategic coordination between China and Russia, he added.

Wang stressed that a return to dialogue and negotiation is needed to ultimately resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. China has proposed that the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a truce-to-peace mechanism should be pursued at the same time.

China is willing to strengthen cooperation with Russia on this, Wang said.

For his part, Lavrov said Russia thinks highly of the close coordination between Russia and China on the new UN Security Council resolution regarding the DPRK. Russia is willing to continue to communicate with China on this issue to safeguard the authority of the nonproliferation regime and maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. Endi