US, Iran diplomats vie for Chinese support in nuclear impasse

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Source: AFP

BEIJING (AFP) - A top US diplomat urged China on Thursday to back a new UN resolution against Iran over its nuclear programme as Tehran's top atomic negotiator arrived in Beijing to lobby against such a move.


Visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte told reporters he would raise the issue in a bilateral senior-level meeting to be held in southwest China's Guizhou province Thursday and Friday.

A wide range of other matters would be on the agenda in the US-China talks, including Taiwan, human rights and trade, as well as international issues such as North Korea and Sudan, he told reporters in Beijing.

"We think it is important that there be an additional Security Council resolution because Iran is out of compliance with previously passed resolutions," Negroponte said.



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1. You got that? We are competing with Iran in groveling before China.

THAT is the Bush legacy.