China calls for restraint over DPRK issue

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-17-2009 08:53

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UN nuclear inspectors left Pyongyang on Thursday after being ordered out by the DPRK, which has said it will quit the six-party talks.

Jiang Yu said on Thursday that all parties concerned had agreed to advance the denuclearization of the  Korean Peninsula through the six-party talks.

US State Department spokesman Robert Wood says Pyongyang has also asked American experts to leave the country. The experts were overseeing the shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear plant. Wood described the expulsion as a step backward in the disablement process.

China is again calling for calm and restraint from all sides. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said on Thursday that all parties concerned had agreed to advance the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through the six-party talks. China wants to maintain communication with all parties on the issue.

The DPRK expelled the nuclear monitors after the UN Security Council issued a statement condemning its recent rocket launch.

Editor:Zhang Ning