Six world powers, including China, agreed on Wednesday to start drawing up new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program in the next few days, a source with knowledge of the talks said.
The source said representatives of Britain, the United States, France, Russia and Germany had reached agreement with Beijing during a conference call.
“It has been agreed with China to start drawing up sanctions on Iran,” the source said. “Drawing up of a Security Council resolution is to begin in the next few days.”
Diplomats say China has been slowly and reluctantly falling in line with the other powers involved in the negotiations on Iran by backing the idea of new U.N. sanctions against Tehran but Beijing wants any new steps to be weak.
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