China Opposes Military Intervention in Syria
China on Wednesday restated its opposition to military intervention in Syria, as Russia sought to halt fresh U.N. Security Council action after a massacre of civilian’s sparked global fury.
"China opposes military intervention in Syria and opposes regime change by force," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters.
Liu added that China urged all parties to implement U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's ceasefire proposal in Syria and to seek to end the bloody crisis through negotiations.
With Russian and Chinese support, the U.N. Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned the Syrian government for using artillery in a massacre in the central town of Houla in which at least 108 people were killed.
Liu spoke as numerous Western nations, including the United States, Britain and France expelled Syrian diplomats following growing outrage over Friday's massacre.
Liu reiterated Beijing's call earlier this week for an investigation into the Houla killings and that the "perpetrators must be held accountable", but he refused to say whether Beijing would expel Syrian diplomats from China.
"I have not heard that the work at the Syrian Embassy in China has been impacted," he said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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