United Nations ? China and Russia introduced a resolution Wednesday deploring North Korea’s missile tests but dropping language from a rival proposal that could have led to military action against Pyongyang.

Japan and the United States welcomed the draft but said it had major deficiencies and they would still press for a Security Council vote on their resolution – though no date has been set.

The Japanese resolution’s supporters have delayed a vote to wait for the outcome of a high-level Chinese visit to North Korea, which began on Monday.

China’s U.N. Ambassador Wang Guangya said the delegation, which will return Friday, delivered a message from China’s top leaders expressing concern over the missile tests “and also what we considered the North Koreans should do to make diplomacy succeed.”

“So far we have not received any feedbacks from the North Korea leadership,” he said.