UN´s P5, Japan agree on draft presidential statement on DPRK launch

Source: Xinhua | 04-12-2009 08:43

UNITED NATIONS, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The five permanent members(P5) of the UN Security Council and Japan on Saturday agreed on a draft presidential statement on the rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), a senior British diplomat said here.

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,  addresses the media after a closed-door meeting by the five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council and Japan, at the headquarters of UN in New York April 11, 2009. The five permanent members (P5) of the UN Security Council and Japan on Saturday agreed on a draft presidential statement on the rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of  Korea (DPRK).(Xinhua/Shen Hong)

"We now have an understanding amongst Britain, the United States, China, Russia, France and Japan on a draft presidential statement to put to the Security Council members this afternoon," John Sawers, the British UN ambassador, told reporters after a closed-door meeting, which lasted some one and a half hours.

Chinese UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui addresses the media at the headquarters of UN in New York April 11, 2009. Zhang said here on Saturday that the  response of the UN Security Council to the rocket launch by DPRK "should be conducive to the peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast Asia, and to promoting the process of the Six-Party Talks."(Xinhua/Shen Hong)

Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters that "we reached an understanding among the P5 plus Japan on the text of the presidential statement, which we will propose to the Security Council. We think this text sends a clear message."