China warns next phase of US-Iran talks will be 'more difficult'

BEIJING, Jun 16: China's top diplomat told his Pakistani counterpart on Tuesday that the next phase of negotiations between the United States and Iran -- which Pakistan has helped mediate -- will be "more difficult".

In a phone conversation ahead of the planned signing on Friday of a US-Iran memorandum of understanding to end their war, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Pakistan's Ishaq Dar that "it is foreseeable that, compared with the first stage, the second stage of negotiations will be more difficult".�"AFP