'US Firm Response to North Korean Nuclear Test' Remarks Met with China's Call to 'Avoid Provocative Language'

Zhao Lijian, Spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Daehyun] China has urged restraint from "provocative remarks" in response to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State's statement that the international community would respond firmly if North Korea conducts its 7th nuclear test.

On the 8th, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated this during a regular briefing. Spokesperson Zhao said, "China has consistently believed that safeguarding peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and achieving denuclearization align with the common interests of all relevant parties and the international community."

He added, "We hope that all relevant parties will maintain calm and restraint, face each other and move forward without making provocative remarks, and jointly strive to promote the political resolution process of the Korean Peninsula issue."

Earlier, on the 7th, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, after a South Korea-U.S. deputy foreign ministers' meeting in Seoul, told reporters, "If (North Korea conducts a nuclear test), there will be a swift and firm response," adding, "Not only South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, but the entire world will respond in a strong and clear manner. We are prepared."

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