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| SecDef Gates meets with Chinese president |
| 2007-11-06 |
| The United States and China agreed to work together to steer Iran away from its nuclear ambitions in talks that Chinese President Hu Jintao described Tuesday as "very candid and friendly." Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed with Hu's assessment. The two men spoke briefly with reporters before they met Tuesday morning for a discussion that was closed to the press. After a 90-minute meeting Monday with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, Gates said the two "agreed that is it important to pursue efforts to persuade the Iranian government to change their behavior and their policies peacefully, through diplomatic means." And, with a nod to China's reluctance to support greater economic sanctions against Iran, Gates said he stressed to Cao the importance of using such pressure to convince the Iranian government "to make different choices." Tehran is suspected of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, something it denies. |
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