UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday stressed two directions in dealing with the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, at the UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on the Non-Proliferation/the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Addressing the meeting, Wang said that "we must stay committed to the goal of denuclearization."
"All parties should comprehensively understand and fully implement DPRK-related Security Council resolutions," he said.
The foreign minister said that denuclearization is the basic precondition for long-term peace and stability on the peninsula and "what we must accomplish to safeguard the international nuclear non-proliferation regime."
The Security Council held a special meeting Friday to discuss the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed the meeting, which was chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month.
Wang and foreign ministers or vice foreign ministers of Britain, Russia, Senegal and Japan, attended the meeting.
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