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China: Iran nuclear crisis at 'crucial stage'
(AP)
Updated: 2006-04-27 16:38
The Iran nuclear crisis is at a crucial stage and restraint is needed to
resolve the issue, a Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman said Thursday as
a deadline approached for Tehran to stop enriching uranium.
"We hope the relevant parties can keep calm and exercise restraint so as
to avoid moves that would further escalate the situation," ministry
spokesman Qin Gang said.
The situation was "indeed at a crucial stage," he said at a regular
briefing.
Iran faces a Friday deadline to meet the U.N. Security Council's demand
that it suspend enrichment of uranium, a process that can produce fuel
for nuclear reactors or material for nuclear warheads.
Qin said the problem can still be "resolved through dialogue and
diplomatic means, which is the correct choice for all parties concerned"
_ a position that has been reiterated many times by China and Russia.
Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency,
is scheduled to report to the IAEA board and the Security Council on
Friday on Iran's implementation of its demands.
The United States, France and Britain say if Iran does not comply, they
will seek to make the demand compulsory, even in face of opposition from
Russia and China.
The three Western nations have also warned that noncompliance could lead
to sanctions.
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