China welcomes progress on Iran nuclear issue

 　　BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- China welcomes the positive progress made by the international community in resolving Iran's nuclear issue, Foreign Ministry¹ spokesman Liu Weimin said Wednesday.

　　EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton accepted Iran's offer to resume talks on Tuesday in a reply to

　　Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.

　　Liu said France, Britain, Germany, China, Russia and the U.S. recently reached a consensus² with Iran on resuming the talks.

　　Liu said China has always worked to peacefully resolve the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue. He said China has made positive efforts to push for resumption of the talks.

　　"We will work with the other five members of the six-nation mechanism to push for the early resumption of talks with Iran, maintain the dialogue process and find a comprehensive, long-term and appropriate way to resolve the issue," Liu said

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？