Chinese FM confers with UN special envoy to Libya

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has reaffirmed China''s support to a political solution to the Libyan crisis. At a meeting with UN secretary-general''s special envoy to Libya Abdul Ilah Al Khatib, Yang said China would like the UN and its security council to play a dominant role in the process of resolving the Libyan crisis by political means and appreciates the AU''s mediation efforts. Yang called on both sides of the Libyan crisis to give priority to interests of the country and its people and to take the international community''s mediation proposal into account. He also asked both sides to adopt a more flexible attitude and resolve the crisis through political means. "China would like to work with the UN and other parties to make continuous efforts for an early resolution to the Libyan crisis," Yang said.