US ups pressure on China to impose anctions on Iran

Washington has communicated "very forcefully to China that this is an issue… that's important to them, just as much as it's important to us and to others in the region," US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters on Tuesday.

"We do not have the same view of the urgency of the situation. We probably do not, at this point, have the same view regarding the… steps that we think are… necessary at this particular time," AFP quoted Crowley as saying.

"But that's why we're having this ongoing engagement, as we did in New York recently, as we will in the upcoming days, you know, when our P5-plus-1 political directors have a chance to consult again," he added.

On Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu declared that there was still room for negotiation to resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

/Press TV/