China Will Support More Sanctions On North Korea



VOA: China Offers Support for UN Efforts on N. Korea Nuclear Issue

WHITE HOUSE — China says it will support the United Nations taking further measures against North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test.

"Given the new developments on the Korean peninsula," Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday during a news conference in Beijing, "the U.N. Security Council should respond further and take necessary measures" to deal with the crisis.

But Wang also stressed that "sanctions and pressure" must be go hand in hand with "dialogue and negotiation" with Pyongyang. China is North Korea's biggest diplomatic and economic ally, and contends that tighter sanctions against Pyongyang will do little to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula.

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WNU Editor: Is China serious about more North Korean sanctions? The Chinese are saying that they are, but I guess it depends on the details. Case

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