UN / CHINA DPRK

The Chinese ambassador to the UN said if the United States and North Korea, as the “two principle parties” to the issue of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, “refuse to move towards what is required by the Security Council resolutions,” China’s efforts to resolve the issue “will not yield practical results.” UNIFEED

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:30
• Production Date: 31 July 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: SECURITY COUNCIL
• Subject Topical: NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION; WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
• Geographic Subject: CHINA; DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA
• MAMS Id: 1942194
• Parent Id: 1942194
• Alternate Title: unifeed170731b

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STORY: UN / CHINA DPRK
TRT: 01:30
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 31 JULY 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, UNHQ exterior

31 JULY 2017, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press room
3. Wide shot, Chinese ambassador at dais
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Liu Jieyi, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations:
“We see of course further testing, that we oppose, and we also see language and action from elsewhere that heightens tension; talking about ‘all options on the table’, we all know what it means and what it contains. And also we see more deployments of strategic systems, acceleration in the deployment of strategic systems on the Korean Peninsula, for instance TAAD. That is not the way to counter the purported testing.”
5. Med shot, journalists
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Liu Jieyi, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations:
“If the two principle parties refuse to move towards what is required by the Security Council resolutions, de-escalation of tension, negotiations, to achieve denuclearization and peace and stability, and also to resume dialogue, then no matter how capable China is, China’s efforts will not yield practical results.”
7. Wide shot, Chinese ambassador leaving dais

Storyline

The Chinese ambassador to the UN said if the United States and North Korea, as the “two principle parties” to the issue of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, “refuse to move towards what is required by the Security Council resolutions,” China’s efforts to resolve the issue “will not yield practical results.”

Speaking to reporters in New York today (31 Jul), Liu Jieyi said his country firmly opposed violations of Security Council resolutions by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). He urged all the parties involved not to exacerbate the situation which could lead to heightened tensions. Lui noted that the Council resolutions on the DPRK’s nuclear programme contain sanctions on that programme and are not intended to have adverse effects on the humanitarian situation in the country or normal economic relations. He said the resolutions call for parties to avoid actions and language which exacerbate tensions and for efforts to resume the six-party talks (DPRK, Republic of Korea, US, Russian Federation, China and Japan).

The Chinese ambassador said, “We see of course further testing, that we oppose, and we also see language and action from elsewhere that heightens tension; talking about ‘all options on the table’, we all know what it means and what it contains.” Liu added that the deployment of the THAAD missile system on the Korean Peninsula was not “the way to counter the purported testing.” He said the system had negative effects on the strategic security and stability of many countries the region, including China.

Lui said that the roadmap China had put forward for negotiations to start was likely the only way forward. This includes the DPRK suspending its nuclear programme while the US and other countries in the region suspend their joint military exercises, as well as the resumption of negotiations without preconditions.