China supports Russia's new UN resolution: FM

BEIJING - China officially expressed its support for Russia's new resolution on the unrest in Syria presented to the UN Security Council, a foreign ministry's spokesman said on Monday.

"China appreciates the constructive efforts that Russia made to solve the Syrian crisis, and China is willing to maintain contact in the future with all parties," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said at the daily news conference.

Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, circulated an updated draft of the resolution to the UN Security Council during a closed-door meeting on Dec 15, as the country is holding the rotating Security Council presidency in December. The measures condemn the violence by all parties in Syria, without calling for sanctions.