Beijing, Sept 30: President Hu Jintao told French President Jacques Chirac that China will support a new UN Security Council resolution on Iraq that was "acceptable to all parties concerned," state media said today. Hu made the remarks during a telephone conversation with Chirac last evening, the Xinhua news agency said.

"The Chinese government maintains that the security and stability of Iraq should be resumed as early as possible and the administration of Iraq by the Iraqi people should be materialized," Hu said.
"A new UNSC resolution which is acceptable to all parties concerned, is conducive in pushing forward the process of reconstruction."

China, a permanent member of the Security Council, has been calling for the world to work together to bring stability and self-rule to Iraq.

Hu said yesterday the UN should give scope to its role in rebuilding Iraq. Chirac said Iraq was in a state of turbulence and turmoil and the problems should be settled through political means, according to Xinhua.

He said the sovereignty of Iraq should be transferred to the Iraqi people gradually and the UN should play a key role in that process, Xinhua said. Bureau Report