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China urges calm over missile tests
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-07-05 19:12
China on Wednesday expressed serious concern and called for calm from all
sides after North Korea test-fired a barrage of missiles.
"We are seriously concerned about the events that have occured," Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement posted on the
ministry Web site (www.fmprc.gov.cn)
"We hope that all sides will maintain calm and restraint, and do things
conducive to the peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and
Northeast Asia and do not take any further steps that will add to
tensions and further complicate the situation."
North Korea launched at least six missiles on Wednesday, including a
long-range Taepodong-2, a move US President George W. Bush said defied
the international community.
China had urged a peaceful solution and restraint from all sides in the
run up to the launch.
Beijing has been eager to revive six-party talks aimed at dismantling
North Korea's nuclear programmes, and was sending Vice Premier Hui
Liangyu to North Korea on Monday to mark the 45th anniversary of a
Sino-North Korean friendship treaty.
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