China urges restraint in Libya crisis

Beijing - China voiced its opposition to any arbitrary interpretation of the UN Security Council's resolutions on Libya, calling for greater political efforts to reach a cease-fire in the North African country.

Li Baodong, China's permanent representative to the UN, told a UN Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday that the international community should respect the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Libya.

"The internal affairs and the future of Libya should be left to the Libyan people to decide, and we are not in favor of any arbitrary interpretation of the Security Council's resolutions nor any actions that go beyond the council's mandate," he said.