China on Friday urged the U.S. and other concerned parties to revive the six party talks with North Korea claiming that the United Nation's sanctions may not yield desirable results, without pursuing long term negotiations.

"Today, what we see is nuclear test, sanction, nuclear test and then sanction again," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at the Munich Security Conference, terming the UN sanctions against North Korea as 'negative cycle' that needs to be broken.

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Wang warned that the end result could be unbearable if this negative cycle is not broken as he proposed the resumption of six party talks as a viable solution to the present situation.

"There are still opportunities for the resumption of six-party talks," Wang said referring to the multilateral talks including China, United States, South Korea, Japan, and Russia. "We should work to bring the parties back to the table."

He also called on all concerned parties to not take any further actions that could aggravate the situation further, hinting that the fresh UN sanctions against North Korea could lead to such a situation.

North Korea's latest missile test brought back the pressure on China as the U.S., Japan and South Korea immediately denounced the test and called for urgent an UN meeting. China also cautiously criticized Pyongyang's latest missile test, but again urged all the concerned parties to practice 'restrain.'

China's relatively moderate stance on Pyongyang is least surprising, considering that it is the sole ally of the isolated communist nation. However, this hardly stopped Beijing from implementing the UN sanctions against its close ally last year.

Nonetheless, the Chinese government from time-to-time has been urging the U.S and other allies to re-start the six party talks.

The six party talks is a multilateral dialogue process that was started by the efforts of China in 2003. The sole aim of this multilateral negotiation is to put complete end to North Korea's nuclear missile program, as it is deemed a major threat to global peace and security.

The multilateral negotiation almost managed to convince North Korea to give up its missile program in return for diplomatic and economic rewards. But the talks eventually fell apart after North Korea withdrew from the negotiation process in 2009.

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