Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C F) speaks during a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsular Ryan Anderson Rockets Jersey , at the UN headquarters in New York April 28, 2017. (XinhuaLi Muzi)
UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Friday that two directions must be stuck to while dealing with the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.
""We must stay committed to the goal of denuclearization,"" Wang said while addressing the UN Security Council Ministerial Meeting on Non-proliferation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
""All parties should comprehensively understand and fully implement DPRK-related Security Council resolutions Robert Horry Rockets Jersey ,"" he said.
""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,"" Wang said.
The Security Council held a special meeting on Friday to discuss the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed the meeting, which was chaired by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, as the United States holds the rotating presidency of the Security Council this month.
Wang and foreign ministers or vice foreign ministers of Britain PJ Tucker Rockets Jersey , Russia, Senegal and Japan, attended the meeting.
""The continued escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula in the recent period has caused widespread concerns and worries of the international community,"" said Wang.
""If the issue of the Peninsula fails to be put under effective control and in the case of unexpected events Nene Rockets Jersey , the situation is highly likely to take a drastic turn for the worse and spiral out of control,"" he added.
All the 15 members of the Security Council addressed the meeting focusing on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula and the implementation of relevant UN resolutions.
Wang said,""We must stay committed to the path of dialogue and negotiation.""