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China urges calm after North Korea rocket launch
05 Apr 2009 05:36:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, April 5 (Reuters) - China on Sunday urged calm and restraint after North Korea's launch of a rocket.

"We hope related parties stay calm and exercise restraint... and together maintain peace and stability in this region," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement that referred to the rocket as an "experimental communications satellite". (Reporting by Ben Blanchard)


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