China urges restraint, dialogue to steady intl security

China on Wednesday urged all parties to exercise restraint and uphold international law, as military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities raised global concern.

Addressing the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Sun Xiaobo, director-general of the Department of Arms Control of China's Foreign Ministry, said the world faces "increasing uncertainty and instability", with certain countries pursuing unilateral policies, imposing sanctions and provoking conflicts.

"They frequently impose sanctions and blockades on other countries, provoke conflicts and wars around the world, and arbitrarily trample on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of others, seriously threatening the national security and even the basic right to survival of small and medium-sized countries," Sun said.