Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said Wednesday that the Group of Four and the African Union (AU) have yet reached consensus on the reform of United Nations Security Council.

Kong made the remark in response to the report that Brazil, Germany,India and Japan, or the Group of Four have reached a primary consensus with the AU on the Security Council reform.

"According to our knowledge, representatives from the Group of Four and the AU held consultation in London on Monday, but they failed to reach any agreement," Kong said.

The spokesman said most of the AU member states still insist on the common position they reached at Sirte summit so as to safeguard the interests of the AU.

The AU held the fifth summit in the Libyan port city Sirte in July, demanding two permanent seats with veto rights and two new non-permanent seats for Africa in an expanded UN Security Council.

However,the Group of Four called for an increase of 10 seats in the Security Council -- six new permanent seats and four non-permanent ones. Four permanent seats will go to themselves, with two other new permanent seats to go to African nations. They will not ask for veto rights for new permanent seats for 15 years.

Source: Xinhua