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Saturday, November 12, 2011

China to Iran: Work With IAEA


China has warned Iran that it should show “flexibility and sincerity” over the nuclear issue, on the same day that details of an International Atomic Energy Agency report detailing its findings on the country’s nuclear program became available. “China always holds that the Iranian nuclear issue should be properly solved through dialogue and cooperation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei reportedly told a daily news briefing. “The Iranian side should also show flexibility and sincerity.” Both China and Russia have warned against a possible military strike as speculation grows that Israel might be considering striking Iranian facilities. China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed Russia’s deep opposition to any military action against Iran, arguing that talks between Britain China, France, Russia, the United States, Germany and Iran should be resumed as soon as possible. Energy hungry China, for its part, is now Iran’s biggest trading partner, ... Read More...

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