China 'ready for talks' on new UN sanctions on Iran
BBC
01-Apr-2010 (one comment)


Iran's top nuclear official is holding talks in China amid signs Beijing may have relaxed its opposition to a new round of UN sanctions against Tehran.

The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, said China was ready to hold "serious" talks with Western powers on a new UN resolution.

This would mark a policy shift for China, which has strong ties with Iran. China says it wants a peaceful outcome.

Western powers claim Iran seeks nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.

China has in the past expressed reluctance to see new sanctions imposed, and as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, along with France, the US, the UK, and Russia, it has the power to veto such a move.

US President Barack Obama, meanwhile, has said he hopes to have sanctions in place "within weeks".

'Tough sanctions regime'


Beijing made the commitment to talks in a phone call on Wednesday, US officials told the Associated Press news agency.

Ms Rice said the US, the UK, France, Germany, Russia and China had agreed to begin drafting a UN resolution on Iran's nuclear programme.

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Abarmard

Very important news

by Abarmard on Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:03 AM PDT

Let's see where the talks take them. Iran has send its nuclear negotiator to China. The future events unfolding would be the key to assume winner and losers in the stand off.


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