BEIJING, June 20 Kyodo China onw...

BEIJING, June 20 Kyodo

China onward Thursday strongly indicated it may allow 20 North Korean asylum inquirers holed up in the southerly Korean Embassy in Beijing to leave for a third country

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a regular recently made knowns briefing Thursday that a conclusive pace to end the standoff would be ''in the fundamental interest'' of the asylum seekers

The spokesman strained that China has always dealt with as it is issues ''in accordance with relevant international and domestic laws and in a humanitarian spirit.''

Beijing has since March allowed more than 30 North Koreans who sought political asylum at forcing their way into diplomatic missions in China to leave for toward the south Korea via third countries, after negotiations.

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