A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Beijing said the United States had raised its concerns with the Chinese government over the memorandum of understanding signed last month between Iran and the China National Offshore Oil Corp.
The deal was signed shortly before the UN Security Council, including permanent member China, voted last month to impose limited economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
(dpa)
The Proliferation Threat
BENDING THE RULES. Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, told an RFE/RL-Radio Free Asia briefing on January 9 that the West is hamstrung in dealing with Iran and North Korea because of the way it has interpreted the international nonproliferation regime to benefit friendly countries like India and Japan.
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