[caption id="attachment_99997" align="alignright" width="163"] Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying[/caption]
China says Iran and the P5+1 group made some�progress during the latest round of negotiations�over the Islamic Republic�s nuclear program, hoping for the conclusion of a nuclear deal between the parties to the talks�as soon as possible.
China believes that the negotiating sides�held �intensive, practical and in-depth negotiations� and reached more consensus in the talks, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said at her weekly press conference on Tuesday.

The Chinese official said that the two sides demonstrated �sincerity� during the talks despite some differences, adding �the negotiation process has made headway to some extent.�

Hua expressed optimism that Iran and the six countries can come to a comprehensive �mutually-beneficial� agreement over Tehran�s nuclear work as early as possible.

�China hopes that all parties can seize the hard-won historic opportunity, race against time, stick to the existing consensus, thoroughly follow the principle of step-by-step and reciprocity, and make political decisions, so that a package of solutions can be reached,� she said.

Iran Nuclear Talks

Iran and the P5+1 countries - the US, France, Britain, China, Russia and Germany � are in talks to secure a final full-blown�deal over Tehran�s nuclear work.

Political directors of Iran and the P5+1 countries wrapped up their talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on Sunday.

Since an interim deal was agreed in Geneva in November 2013, the negotiating sides have missed two deadlines to ink a final agreement.

Tehran and the six countries now seek to reach a high-level political agreement by March 1 and to confirm the full technical details of the agreement by July 1.

New US Sanctions

The negotiations over Tehran�s nuclear program come as a bipartisan group of US senators is pushing a new round of sanctions on Iran.

US President Barack Obama has, however, warned that any new bans would harm Tehran�s nuclear talks, threatening that he will use his veto power to stop any sanctions bills.

By Press TV

 

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