FM says dialogue holds key to solving Syria crisis

BEIJING - China on Wednesday said exerting pressure through country-specific resolutions is not conducive to resolving the Syria issue, one day after it abstained from a vote on a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly condemning Syria for human rights violations.

The UN General Assembly's human rights committee on Tuesday adopted a resolution strongly condemning "the continued grave and systematic human rights violations by the Syrian authorities".

China and Russia - two permanent members of the UN Security Council - abstained from the vote on the resolution.