Wants Peaceful Solution to Iran Nuclear Issue: China
Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 4:31 pm
BEIJING, China: China Says Wants Peac
eful Solution to Iran Nuclear Issue, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that Beijing would continue to push for a peaceful solution to the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program, ahead of crucial negotiations on the issue later this month.
“China will continue to play a constructive role in promoting the peaceful resolution of Iran nuclear issue,” Wen told Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.
The Iranian official, Wen met a day after attending a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Beijing, a regional security group dominated by Russia and China that pledged solidarity in the face of the global financial crisis .
China is a close ally of Iran and has repeatedly opposed the requests for sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program.
Tehran says the program is for peaceful nuclear energy but the West fears masks a drive for a nuclear bomb.
The negotiations on the issue have been strained, but Iran has recently sought to demonstrate greater cooperation and take part in the talks in Geneva with major world powers such as China earlier this month.
Iran and the other six nations – Britain, France, Russia, China, Germany and the United States – will meet in late October for a second round of talks aimed at easing Western concerns about Tehran’s nuclear program.
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