2016年CRI China Confident of Relations with Russia, Opposes North Korea's Nuclear Program: Chinese FM

 

While briefing the press after a meeting with Wang Yi, Lavrov said both Russia and China are strongly opposed to North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

Citing the recent UN sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear test and missile launch, Lavrov urged North Korea to return to the negotiation¹ table.

"We hope that North Korea will arrive at the appropriate conclusions and listen to the demands of the UN Security Council. We hope it will finally return to the negotiating table as a participant of the six-party process."

Wang Yi echoed Lavro's sentiments, reiterating² China's stance in pushing for a de-nuclearized Korean Peninsula.

"China and Russia are devoted³ to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. We do not recognize North Korea's nuclear status. Both China and Russia are ready to fully⁴ implement⁵ the UN Security Council resolution, but at the same time we will not cease efforts to renew the six-party talks."

The China-chaired six party talks are aimed at addressing the security concerns on the Korean Peninsula, brought on by North Korea's nuclear program. The participants included China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Russia and the US. After six rounds of negotiations⁶, North Korea withdrew from the talks in 2009.

Wang added that both China and Russia are opposed to a possible deployment⁷ of the THAAD missile defense⁸ system by the US in South Korea.

"We strongly oppose the deployment of the US THAAD missile defense system in South Korea under the pretext⁹ of North Korean nuclear program. We think this would directly damage strategic security interests of Russia and China. As before, we will continue our responsible constructive¹⁰ efforts aimed at North Korea's nuclear disarmament."

On the Syrian issue, Lavrov said both Russia and China have been observing the situation carefully since a recent ceasefire took effect. He said the upcoming peace talks in Geneva between the Syrian government and opposition¹¹ should include all relevant groups but not extremists.

On China-Russia relations, Wang said China's policy of consolidating¹² the partnership¹³ between the two nations will not change, regardless of the global and regional situation.

Also on Friday, while meeting with Wang Yi, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a planned visit to Beijing later this year.

"I plan to visit China this summer and hope we will have good, substantial and friendly talks with the Chinese leaders. We have very warm working and personal relations with them."

Wang Yi said the two sides are planning a number of high level exchanges and joint¹⁴ programs, such as the alignment¹⁵ of China's Belt and Road economic initiative and the Russia-led Economic Union project.

Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping have met five times within the past year.

For CRI, I'm Luo Wen.

1 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

2 reiterating   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He keeps reiterating his innocence. 他一再申明他无罪。
• The Chinese government also sent a note to the British government, reiterating its position. 中国政府同时将此立场照会英国政府。

3 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

4 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

5 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

6 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

7 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 pretext   

n.借口，托词

参考例句：

• He used his headache as a pretext for not going to school.他借口头疼而不去上学。
• He didn't attend that meeting under the pretext of sickness.他以生病为借口，没参加那个会议。

10 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

11 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

12 consolidating   

v.（使）巩固， （使）加强( consolidate的现在分词 )；（使）合并

参考例句：

• These measures are meant for consolidating the system of basic medical care. 这些举措旨在夯实基层医疗体系，让老百姓看大病不必出远门。 来自互联网
• We are consolidating the Chinese and English versions of our homepage. 我们将为您提供中英文版本一起的主页。 来自互联网

13 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

14 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

15 alignment   

n.队列；结盟，联合

参考例句：

• The church should have no political alignment.教会不应与政治结盟。
• Britain formed a close alignment with Egypt in the last century.英国在上个世纪与埃及结成了紧密的联盟。