On January 27, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks and met journalists in Beijing with visiting Secretary of State John Kerry of the US, stating China's stance on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

Wang Yi said that as a major country, China has a forthright and unswerving stance on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. It will be affected by neither temporal nor situational factors. And it will not be changed by varying sentiments. China's standpoint consists of "three adherences", namely adherence to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, adherence to the peace and stability of the peninsula as well as adherence to resolving the issue through dialogues and consultations, all of which are correlative and indispensable to each other. In order to achieve the goal of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, we must promote the denuclearization. Otherwise, the peninsula, or even the whole region, will hardly find peace. And we can only realize denuclearization through negotiations and consultations. Sanction is not an end; the key is to resolve the issue.

Wang Yi stressed that for years China has fulfilled its duties and assumed its obligations through hard work and mediation in order to implement the "three adherences". China will surely voice its opposition against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) for its latest nuclear test which violated the UN Security Council resolution and threatened the international nuclear non-proliferation system. China agrees that the UN Security Council should take further actions and adopt a new resolution. And with a responsible attitude, China stands ready to conduct comprehensive and in-depth consultations with the US and other parties on the basis of necessary preparations. In the meantime, it must be pointed out that the new resolution is not to fuel tensions or destabilize the Korean Peninsula, but to pull the nuclear issue back on the track of negotiation.

Wang Yi said that Secretary of State John Kerry and I have conducted a comprehensive, in-depth and beneficial discussion on the issue, which boosted mutual understanding. We reached a major consensus that the UN Security Council should react to the DPRK's nuclear test and pass a new resolution. At the same time, sanction is not an end; the key is to restart dialogues and negotiations. China and the US both agree on this general direction and are willing to keep strengthening consultations and cooperation to this end. Wang Yi underlined that China has a clear and consistent stance on the nuclear issue, which is not only responsible but also reasonable. China refuses all groundless speculations and misinterpretations on its stance.

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