- Title: Timeline of Iran nuclear developments in 2019
- Date: 28th December 2019
- Summary: The Chinese government's top diplomat warned the world should not open a "Pandora's Box" in the Middle East and denounced U.S. pressure on Iran. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - JUNE 18, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE STATE COUNCILLOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER WANG YI WALKING IN WITH SYRIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER WALID AL-MOUALEM TO BEGIN JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE STATE COUNCILLOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER, WANG YI, SAYING: "We call on all sides to remain rational and exercise restraint, and not take any escalatory actions that irritate regional tensions, and not open a Pandora's box. In particular, the US side should alter their extreme pressure methods. Like what I have mentioned earlier, any unilateral behaviour has no basis in international law. Not only will it not resolve the problem, it will only create an even greater crisis."
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- Keywords: 2015 nuclear deal French President Emmanuel Macron Hassan Rouhani IAEA Iran Iran nuclear Russia Tehran U.S. President Donald Trump nuclear deal uranium enrichment
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