Chinese envoy comments on UN resolutions on Libya
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China is not in favor of any arbitrary interpretation of the United Nations Security Council's resolutions nor any actions that go beyond the Council's mandate concerning Libya, Li Baodong, the Chinese permanent representative to UN said Wednesday.
Li made the remarks while speaking to an open the Security Council meeting on the situation of Libya.
China calls for complete and strict implementation of the Security Council's resolutions.
The international community should respect the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Libya. The internal affairs and the future of Libya should be left to Libyan people to decide, Li told the council.
"We are not in favor of any arbitrary interpretation of Security Council's resolutions nor any actions that go beyond the Council's mandate," he noted.
At present, the Libyan crisis shows no signs of abating, and efforts to ending the crisis have entered a deadlock.
The humanitarian situation in the country continues to worsen and the civilians are still suffering a great deal.
Li voiced China's grave concerns in this regard. "China believed that the priority for the time being is to achieve an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Libya as called for by the Council's resolution, and to establish a ceasefire monitoring system under the leadership of the United Nations," Li said.
"Peaceful means of dialogue and negotiations are the right way forward to find a political solution to Libyan crisis," said the ambassador, "We endorse the efforts made by all the parties concerned and the five-point roadmap proposed by the African Union."
The Chinese UN envoy also called for a leading role played by the UN and its Security Council in properly solving the crisis in Libya.
"China's position regarding the International Criminal Court (ICC) remains unchanged," Li said, "We hope that the ICC will fully consider the need of properly solving the Libyan crisis when implementing Resolution 1970 and play a positive and constructive role in restoring peace, stability and order in the country at an early date."
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