China will continue its comprehensive and faithful implementation of the United Nation Security Council (UNSC) resolutions relevant to the DPRK, said Hua Chunying, spokesperson from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference on Wednesday.
Hua made the remarks one day after the UNSC unanimously condemned DPRK's actions in its latest ballistic missile test.
"It's an important consensus reached by the international community that related parties concerned should stick to the goal of denuclearization of the peninsula, strictly carry out UNSC resolutions and resolve the nuclear issue in a peaceful manner," said Hua.
China will continue to make efforts to ease tensions on the peninsula and resolve the nuclear issue peacefully, she stressed.
The spokesperson added that China's position on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue has been clear and consistent. China as a member country of the UNSC and a close neighbor to the Korean Peninsula, has been working to deescalate tensions, and these efforts will be continued.
Speaking to reporters after a closed-door UNSC meeting on the missile launch, Elbio Rosselli, Uruguayan ambassador to the UN and president of the UNSC for the month of May, said the Council was also discussing possible new UN sanctions to address the situation.
The UNSC first imposed sanctions on the DPRK in 2006 and has strengthened the measures in response to the country's five nuclear tests and two long-range rocket launches.
The DPRK on Tuesday strongly condemned the possibility of further sanctions against Pyongyang. The country's foreign ministry issued a statement claiming that the recent ballistic missile test is part of its "self-defensive" measures to strengthen nuclear deterrence powers.
