The Iranian nuclear issue cannot be resolved in just one or two discussions, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday, a day after a high-level meeting aimed at addressing Tehran's nuclear plans ended in disappointment.
Two days of talks in Istanbul with the United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain failed to persuade Iran to make concessions on its nuclear programme, or even agree to hold further discussions.
"The Iranian nuclear issue is complicated and sensitive, and obviously cannot be comprehensively resolved through one or two rounds of dialogue," Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hailong said, according to a brief statement posted on the ministry's official website.