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Q: The upcoming G8 summit will be held on Thursday in Moscow. It seemed that the Iranian nuclear issue has claimed priority on the agenda. What new consensus will be reached among the relevant parties on this in your opinion?

A: China holds that any discussion on the Iranian Nuclear issue should help to build up consensus, and promote the proper solution of the issue through diplomatic channel. We think that the Iranian nuclear issue is at a critical junction. The overriding task now is to resume the talks at an early date. We hope that Iran can attach importance to the concern of the international community, and respond to the package resolution at an early date. In the meantime, we also hope the relevant parties can keep patience, exercise restraint, consider seriously the reasonable concern of Iran and maintain contact with Iran, so as to create proper atmosphere to resume talks.

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