Its Foreign Ministry said that China will have a meeting with Russia and Iran on the Iranian “nuclear issue” in Beijing on Friday.
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war in 2022, relations between Iran and Russia have deepened, with a strategic cooperation agreement signed in January. Both have good relations with China.
Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Ma Zuko will preside over the meeting, Mao Ning, a spokesman for his Foreign Ministry, told a regular press conference on Wednesday.
The meeting will be followed by a closed door of the UN Security Council in New York on the same day, on the same day that the weapons grades are close to the expansion of Iran’s uranium reserves.
Last week, Russia had said that Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ribikov discussed international efforts to deal with Iran’s nuclear program with his ambassador, Kazim Jalali, after news that Russia agreed to help US President Donald Trump’s administration in talks with Iran.
Tehran has long refused to develop nuclear weapons.
However, the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA has warned that it “dramatically” enhances the enrichment of uranium up to 60 %, which is close to the grade level of about 90 90pc weapons.
Iran signed a joint comprehensive plan with the United Kingdom, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States in 2015, which lifted sanctions on Tehran in exchange for curbs in its nuclear program.
But Washington quit the project in 2018 during Trump’s first term, and Iran began to turn away from its nuclear commitments.
China has said it helps Iran to protect its legitimate rights and demand a preliminary restoration of Iranian nuclear talks.
