China urges U.S. to stop Nth Korea threats

"Those who tied the knots are responsible for untying [them]".

Cui Tiankai, Chinese ambassador to the US, said Friday that the Trump administration should do more to peacefully de-escalate tensions with North Korea.

Speaking after a Council meeting at which it condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile test earlier in the day, Nebenzya said that the United Nations sanctions resolution also called for negotiations with North Korea to resolve the standoff, and Washington must now honor that call.

"They should refrain from issuing more threats. Honestly, I think the United States should be doing. much more than now, so that there's real effective worldwide cooperation on this issue", he said.

Ciu's remarks came after a press conference given by US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and national security advisor H.R. McMaster, who warned that the USA could resort to a military option following North Korea's latest missile test over Japan.

Trump also declared that the military options were robust should they be required to respond to threats from Pyongyang.

On August 22, the USA government unilaterally sanctioned Russian firms engaged in crude oil trade with North Korea, freezing their assets among other measures.

Meanwhile, North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un announced on Saturday that his country was seeking to reach "equilibrium" of military force with the U.S., shortly after the UN Security Council (UNSC) censured Pyongyang's latest missile launch over Japan.

China's Ambassador to the United States had a similiar message after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on September 14 called for more "direct actions" by Beijing and Moscow against North Korea.

"China is not to blame for the escalation of tensions", said the spokesperson.

The emphasis on curbing North Korea's missile and nuclear capabilities should not come at the expense of pushing for a peaceful and diplomatic resolution, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said after North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan's northern Hokkaido island far out into the Pacific Ocean.

"Efforts to undermine Sino-US trade, or even slapping sanctions on China, I think would be off-target", the Chinese state news agency Xinhua quoted Cui as saying on Friday at a Chinese National Day reception.

Polls also show that most Americans disapprove of the president's bellicose approach to the North Korean regime, and fear US military strikes against the country.