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China could block sanctions against Iran
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 5, 2010
China on Thursday threw a roadblock in the path of a U.S.-led push for sanctions against Iran,
saying that it is important to continue negotiations as long as Iran
appears willing to consider a deal to give up some of its enriched
uranium.
"To talk about sanctions at the moment will complicate the situation
and might stand in the way of finding a diplomatic solution," Chinese
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said at a conference in Paris.
After months of spurning the proposed deal, which would provide Iran with fuel for a medical reactor, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad showed a suddenly renewed interest in it this week just as France,
a strong advocate of sanctions, assumed the rotating presidency of the
U.N. Security Council. French Prime Minister François Fillon said
Wednesday that he would ask the United Nations to adopt a resolution
imposing "strong sanctions" against Iran because of its nuclear
program.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/04/AR2010020404792.html