Iran Has The Right To Peaceful Energy Use

China has been reluctant to support US pressure for a third UN sanctions resolution against Tehran over the nuclear issue, to the frustration of the United States.

The Afghan and Chinese foreign ministers also signed documents for the handover to Afghanistan of 80 million yuan (10 million US dollars) in aid committed last year.

China, which shares a short border with Pakistan, has so far given 160 million dollars towards the reconstruction of post-Taliban Afghanistan, Spanta said.