China's UN ambassador: Not right time for new UN sanctions on Iran
China's UN ambassador made clear Tuesday that Beijing was not ready to immediately support new sanctions against Iran, as called for by Western powers, saying the issue needed "more time and patience."
"This is not the right time or right moment for sanctions because the diplomatic efforts are still going on," China's UN Ambassador Zhang Yesui told reporters through an interpreter. He said senior foreign ministry officials from China, Russia, the United States, Britain, France and Germany would meet later this month to discuss Iran's nuclear program. (Reuters)
