Beijing, June 03: China is opposed to exerting pressure or imposing sanctions in resolving the "sensitive" North Korean nuclear issue, a senior Chinese official said here today. "China is in opposition to exerting pressure or imposing sanctions in international relations because such actions would intensify the present situation and be detrimental to the resolution of the sensitive issue," foreign ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said in response to a question about China's stance on the North Korean nuclear issue.
China stood for maintaining peace and stability of the Korean peninsula and for the denuclearisation of the peninsula, which facilitated the peace and stability of the region and the world at large while heeding the security concerns of North Korea, she said at a regular news briefing.
Noting that the Beijing round of talks between China, North Korea and the United States, held in late April, were a good start for Pyongyang and Washington to resolve the issue and should be continued, she said.
She said all parties concerned also regarded the trilateral talks as "a very preferable framework and means" and China hoped that the talks would continue.
Zhang stressed that China had always maintained that the North Korean nuclear issue should be resolved through dialogue, Zhang said.
She also confirmed that Chinese President Hu Jintao and his American counterpart George W. Bush did discuss the North Korean nuclear issue during their recent meeting in Evian, France. Bureau Report