BEIJING, Sept 12 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that sanctions alone cannot solve the North Korean nuclear issue and that unilateral action can only lead to a dead end.

The crux of the issue lies with United States not China, and China has made many efforts to uphold peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily news briefing in Beijing. (Reporting by Michael Martina; Writing by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Lincoln Feast)

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