Alwaght- China has vowed it will not allow war or chaos on the Korean Peninsula amid rising tensions in the region ignited by US military presence in the region.
The statement was made by Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang at a monthly news briefing on Thursday.
Ren Guoqiang also reiterated China’s position that the North Korean crisis should be resolved through dialogue, and insisted on the denuclearization of the peninsula, according to Sina news website, citing the spokesman.
On Thursday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying also expressed concern, saying that the Korean issue is serious and not a computer game, Reuters reported.
Hua also questioned whether other relevant parties implement the UN resolutions “without holding back anything.”
“They are the loudest when it comes to sanctions, but nowhere to be found when it comes to making efforts to promote peace talks. They want nothing to do with responsibility,” Hua told reporters.
Russia also insists that there cannot be any military solution to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula. At the latest UNSC meeting, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, reiterated Beijing and Moscow’s ‘double freeze’ initiative, recommending North Korea halt all nuclear and missile tests while the US and South Korea cease the military build-up in the region.
Meanwhile, the US has continued to exacerbate the situation after two of its B-1B bombers conducted a new flight around the Korean Peninsula, joined by South Korean and Japanese fighter jets in a show of force amid mounting tensions.
Elsewhere, in another sign of escalation, US Missile Defense Agency and the Navy conducted a missile defense test off the coast of Hawaii. The MDA said in a statement on August 30 that the test was done from the USS John Paul Jones on August 29, the day North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan.
The current tensions on the Korean Peninsula started following increased provocations by the US which includes military drills and deployment of warships and submarines in the region.
Pyongyang insists that developing its military defenses including nuclear weapons is important to counter incessant provocations by the US including a possible nuclear aggression.
