That report is sheer fabrication and extremely irresponsible.

On energy security, oil, I believe the two sides will discuss beneficial cooperation.

China still hopes that peaceful negotiation and diplomatic means are good choices for resolving the Iranian nuclear issue and serve the interests of all the parties concerned. So we hope that all parties concerned will do their utmost to resume negotiations.

At present I have no information to give to you on this.

Such activities violate the U.N. Charter and are unpopular and bound to fail.

We wish him an early recovery.

We hope the Iranian side can cooperate with the efforts by the international community to restart the diplomatic negotiations and resolve the nuclear issue properly.

We hope Iran can coordinate with the international community so as to resume negotiations through diplomatic means. All parties should keep patience and do all they can to restore the negotiations between Iran and the three European Union countries.

The Chinese side believes resolving the issue through peaceful diplomatic means is the best choice, benefiting all parties.