China criticizes killings in Syria

China on Friday strongly condemned the massacre in Syria's Hama region on Thursday, calling for continuing support for the mediation of UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan.

Syria's state TV said on Thursday that armed groups committed a massacre in Traimseh in central Hama province, killing about 200 people in the town.

"China has always strongly denounced actions that harm innocent civilians", and urges concerned Syrian parties to take concrete measures and fulfill commitment to end the violence as soon as possible, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said at a daily news conference.