[NYTr] China Won't Play: Meeting on Iran Sanctions Cancelled after China Pulls Out!

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Reuters via The New York Times - Nov 17, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/world/middleeast/17fbriefs-iran.html

Iran: China Pulls Out of Sanctions Meeting

By REUTERS

A London meeting of Western powers scheduled for Monday to discuss
tougher sanctions on Iran has been canceled because China has pulled
out, European diplomatic sources said. Representatives from Britain,
France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China were to assess
reports about Iran’s nuclear program from the International Atomic
Energy Agency and from the European Union’s foreign policy chief,
Javier Solana. 

“There’s no meeting scheduled now because the Chinese are saying that
they can’t make the date,” said a European diplomatic source. “I think
it’s partly related to genuine travel difficulties, but also linked to
resistance on the broader question of sanctions from that quarter.”