Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, will visit China Thursday to discuss the Islamic republic's nuclear issue with Beijing, which has resisted new sanctions against Tehran.
Iran
's
chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, will visit
China
Thursday to discuss the Islamic republic's nuclear issue with
Beijing
,
which has resisted new sanctions against
Tehran
.
Iran
's
official IRNA news agency said Jalili will meet high-ranking officials in
Beijing
and
hold "bilateral talks and discuss the nuclear issue."
Jalili's visit comes after the Group of Eight foreign ministers called Tuesday
for stepped up pressure against
Iran
to
abandon its suspect nuclear program.
U.S. President Barack Obama added to the pressure by saying Tuesday he hoped to
impose new international nuclear sanctions on
Iran
within weeks, but said
Washington
didn't yet have global agreement to do so.
Beijing
has been seen as the most
hesitant member of the "P5-plus-1" group, which is negotiating with
Tehran
over
its nuclear program.
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