Six powers to meet this week on Iran, says China

Beijing, May 30: Foreign ministers of six major powers are are to meet on Thursday in a bid to resolve the Iran nuclear crisis, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said today.

''It is true there will be a foreign ministers' meeting for six nations,'' ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao told a news conference.

''We hope the meeting will achieve positive results.'' The senior officials from UN Security Council permanent members China, Russia, the United States, France and Britain, plus Germany have already met to narrow divisions over how to induce Tehran to halt sensitive uranium enrichment work.

Reuters