Iran Nuclear Program: US, China satisfied upon negotiations
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Iran Nuclear Program: US, China satisfied upon negotiations
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and a Chinese official acknowledged good progress had been made when they talked about efforts to impose new sanctions on Iran, a US official said Wednesday.US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said Clinton and China's state councilor Dai Bingguo spoke for more than an hour by telephone late Tuesday, discussing both Iran and North Korea, whose nuclear programs worry Washington. They talked about the status of discussions on Iran sanctions. They acknowledged that good progress has been made, Crowley told reporters. Washington has been trying to persuade China for months to accept toughened sanctions. Beijing has agreed to join talks at the UN on a toughened regime, but has yet to make its position clear.
