General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, Hu Jintao. Photo: wikipedia.

Yahoo/AP – China urged Iran on Friday to show flexibility and pragmatism in international talks over its nuclear ambitions, in a sign of Beijing’s desire to help end tensions despite its opposition to tougher sanctions on Tehran.

In a Beijing meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, China’s leader Hu Jintao said progress had been made in talks last month in Baghdad that kept a dialogue going but still left huge gaps between Tehran and the six world powers with which it is negotiating, among them China.

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