China for six-party talks to avod Koreans conflict

China on Saturday urged the traditional participants of the Korean six-party talks to hold urgent consultations to help abate tensions between North and South Koreas and avoid yet another armed conflict.The six-party talks are aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear program through a negotiating process involving China, the United States, North and South Korea, Japan, and Russia.

"The current situation in the peninsula is proving out that there is necessity for holding an urgent meeting of the heads of the "six". I call on all of the parties to return to dialogue and consultations," an official statement by Chinese Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun issued on Saturday said.Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun issued on Saturday urged the both Koreas to restrain from violence and stay cool.

South Korea had planned to hold the one-day drills between Saturday and Tuesday. North Korea has warned that it will make another strike on Yeonpyeong, a front-line island, "deadlier" than the November 23 attack that killed four, in the South proceeds with the drills.