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China disputed claims Tuesday about inadequate efforts to save the crew of tanker Sanchi Jonathan Allen Redskin Jersey , saying they are "untrue and irresponsible."


Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily press briefing that China mobilized nine vessels on the day the accident happened and there had been more than 13 rescue vessels at the scene from the second day.


Rescue forces from Shanghai and Jiangsu worked with Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the rescue operations, said Lu.


An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday that it is "not true" to say that China had not made adequate efforts when faced with such a complex accident and that China had provided the utmost cooperation to Iran during the process.


"The remarks from the Iranian side shows that claims of an inadequate rescue are untrue and irresponsible," said Lu.


The Panama-registered oil tanker Sanchi, carrying 136 Ryan Kerrigan Redskin Jersey ,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, collided with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, about 300 kilometers east of the Yangtze estuary on Jan. 6. Thirty-two crew members of the tanker Jordan Reed Redskin Jersey , 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis, were lost.


The entire ship sank Sunday afternoon. No burning was seen on sea surface from a marine surveillance plane at about 1 p.m. Monday and the oil spill could be easily seen from the air.


Lu said China welcomes Iran to join in the investigation of the accident, and will facilitate visas for the families of the crew.


China on Tuesday again voiced opposition to a gathering in Vancouver of foreign ministers from 20 countries on security and stability on the Korean Peninsula.


Canada and the United States will co-host the meeting, scheduled for Tuesday Josh Norman Redskin Jersey , will discuss measures to exert maximum diplomatic as well as economic pressures on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to force it to end its nuclear and missile programs.


"Since this meeting does not have legitimacy or representativeness, China has opposed the meeting from the very beginning," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a routine press briefing. "While countries are committed to finding a proper solution for the peaceful settlement of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, some parties hold such a meeting in the name of the so-called United Nations command during the Cold War era. We do not know what the purpose of convening such a meeting is."


He said that without participation of some of the most important direct parties to the nuclear issue Trent Williams Redskin Jersey , the Vancouver meeting had no legitimacy and was not representative.


The meeting, in which China's foreign minister will not participate, comes as the DPRK and the ROK have resumed talks after Pyongyang decided to join the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month.