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Beijing: China said on Tuesday that Iran's nuclear standoff with the West was at a critical stage and it hoped for an objective exchange of opinion in talks later in the day in Berlin.
The world's major powers are meeting in Berlin to try to overcome differences over imposing more sanctions on Iran.
"China hopes the international community including Iran will make joint efforts for the resumption of talks so the issue can be resolved properly and comprehensively," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a news conference.
China has opposed sanctions and advocated more negotiations to persuade Iran to abandon its uranium enrichment programme. Iran was Beijing's third-biggest source of crude oil imports last year.
In Iran, government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham said that any new sanctions against Iran would not deter the country from continuing its nuclear programme.
"The Iranian nation moves in the framework of its legitimate and legal rights ... and a possible ratification of a new (UN sanctions) resolution will not have an impact on our nation's behaviour," Elham said.
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