The Korean nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue and negotiations in a peaceful manner, said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in Beijing on Friday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted a nuclear test in May and fired several ballistic missiles on June 4, raising international concerns over regional security.
The UN Security Council adopted on June 12 Resolution 1874 that allowed wider sanctions against the DPRK over its nuclear test.
Rejecting the resolution, the DPRK announced it has quit the six-party talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
"The DPRK should comply with the Security Council resolution," said Ban in an interview with Xinhua.
Ban, who is on the four-day visit to China, said he would urge the members of international community to fully engage, "so that (the Korean nuclear issue) can be addressed through dialogue in a peaceful manner".
China has also said that the six-party talks are the effective platform to properly solve the nuclear issue.
"The (Korean Peninsula) nuclear issue should be solved by peaceful means through diplomatic negotiation," Yang said at a press briefing Thursday at the 16th ASEAN Regional Forum in Thailand.
China and the United States would discuss the resumption of the six-party talks and the peaceful resolution of the Korean nuclear issue during the first round of China-U.S. strategic and economic dialogue later this month, said Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei on Wednesday.
(Xinhua News Agency July 25, 2009)
