China has added its call for the conflicting parties in Syria to halt the violence and implement UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan. China "strongly condemns" the deaths of innocent civilians and calls for the perpetrators to be punished. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Wei-min made the comments at a news briefing in Beijing.
China has added its call for the conflicting parties in Syria to halt the violence and implement UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan. China "strongly condemns" the deaths of innocent civilians and calls for the perpetrators to be punished. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Wei-min made the comments at a news briefing in Beijing.
Liu Weimin, Spokesman, Chinese Foreign Ministry, said, "In the current circumstances, we believe that the importance of envoy Annan’s mediation efforts has not diminished but rather increased. The support of all sides for Annan should strengthen, rather than weaken."