China’s permanent representative to the U.N. is calling on the Security Council to avoid politicizing the humanitarian issue in Syria.

Liu Jieyi (R, front), China's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks after Security Council failed to adopt a resolution on Aleppo Truce at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec. 5, 2016. Liu Jieyi called on the Security Council to make continued efforts to "speak with one voice" to the outside world and to avoid the politicalization of the humanitarian issue in Syria. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)

Liu Jieyi says the Security Council should ensure that conditions are right for the resumption of a ceasefire, political peace talks, cooperation in fighting terrorism, and humanitarian relief. China and Russia have blocked a proposal for a seven-day humanitarian truce in Syria’s Aleppo.

Liu says there are still serious differences on how to approach the conflict and that the resolution would not have improved the situation in the country. He says peaceful negotiations and dialogue are vital to ending the conflict as soon as possible.