(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) ijing April 15 - China on Tuesday issued a rare public warning to North Korea not to carry out a nuclear test saying it does not support the North's "threat of a nuclear test." "We do not support a joint military drill (between South Korea and the U.S.) nor support the threat of a nuclear test (by North Korea)" China's foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said when asked about the current tensions on the Korean Peninsula. While China has long voiced opposition to annual military drills between South Korea and the U.S. it is rare for Beijing to issue a pointed warning to North Korea over possible provocations. Hua described the situation on the Korean Peninsula as "quite fragile" saying China "continues to play a positive role in ensuring the Korean Peninsula has a soft landing." Seoul and Pyongyang traded artillery fire into the waters across their tense Yellow Sea border and North Korea warned on March 31 that it could conduct a "new form" of nuclear test indicating it might detonate a uranium-based device
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