CHINA: Foreign Ministry spokesman says that China has received invitation from Iran to tour nuclear facitilities

Record ID: 313608

  • Title: CHINA: Foreign Ministry spokesman says that China has received invitation from Iran to tour nuclear facitilities
  • Date: 5th January 2011
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JANUARY 4, 2011) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HONG LEI WALKING IN FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN HONG LEI SAYING "China has received an invitation from Iran and will keep in contact with Iran in this regard. China hopes all the parties involved can value the positive development made at the Geneva meeting, prepare for the upcoming talks in Istanbul, maintain the process of dialogue with a flexible and pragmatic attitude, constantly strengthen mutual trust, gradually expand consensus, and work together to find a proper solution to the Iran's nuclear issue." JOURNALIST NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
  • Embargoed: 20th January 2011 12:00
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  • Location: China, China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: International Relations,Energy
  • Reuters ID: LVA4HQU5OEZHYOT4LEYXIC75TPSJ
  • Story Text: China said on Tuesday (January 4) it had received an invitation from Tehran to tour its nuclear facilities and repeated its calls for dialogue to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran.
    Iran had said earlier on Tuesday it had invited some envoys accredited to the U.N. nuclear watchdog to visit some of its nuclear facilities this month, shortly before a second round of talks between Tehran and major powers.
    Those invited included representatives from some of the six world powers involved in diplomatic efforts to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme.
    "China has received an invitation from Iran and will keep in contact with Iran in this regard. China hopes all the parties involved can value the positive development made at the Geneva meeting, prepare for the upcoming talks in Istanbul, maintain the process of dialogue with a flexible and pragmatic attitude, constantly strengthen mutual trust, gradually expand consensus, and work together to find a proper solution to the Iran's nuclear issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry Hong Lei told a regular news conference in Beijing.
    Major powers want Iran to halt its uranium enrichment programme, which many of them suspect is a cover for an effort to build a nuclear arsenal. Iran says it has the right to enrich uranium for civilian use and does not want atomic weapons.
    After more than a year without negotiations, Iran held talks last month in Geneva with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany. A second round of talks is due later this month in Turkey.
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