BEIJING- China on Thursday urged the world to give UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria more time to work, saying there could not be instant solutions to such a complex crisis.
"China believes that the situation in Syria currently is certainly very complex and serious," Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told a daily news briefing.
"But at the same time, we believe that Annan's mediation efforts have been effective and we ought to have even more faith in him and give him more support," he added.
"... It is a problem that has been brewing for quite some time now, and its resolution needs a certain amount of time. I do not think that Annan's mediation efforts will be all plain sailing, and there will be reversals and complications."
China has repeatedly voiced fears that more forceful international intervention in Syria could exacerbate the violence, or open the way for Western-led regime change.
On Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Liu Weimin reiterated his county's stance which rejects military intervention in the Syrian internal affairs, pointing out that Beijing rejects using force to bring about change in Syria.
Russia Today website quoted Weimin as calling for the necessity of investigating al-Houla events, hoping that the visit of the UN envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, would help ease the tension and push all parties to implement the peace plan.
The latest violence emphasized how the peace plan drafted by Annan has failed to stem 15 months of bloodshed or bring the Syrian government and opposition to the negotiating table.
Despite the diplomatic deadlock, Annan is pressing on with his mission.
Outrage at last Friday's massacre in the town of Houla prompted several Western countries to expel senior Syrian diplomats and to press Russia and China to agree to tougher action by the UN Security Council.
Beijing and Moscow have both vetoed two Security Council resolutions calling for tougher action against Damascus, while stressing hopes for a political solution brokered by Annan, the former UN Secretary-General.
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