China's President Hu Jintao called on his Iranian counterpart Friday to
be "flexible and pragmatic" ahead of talks on Tehran's nuclear
programme, the state Xinhua news agency said.

Hu also urged Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to cooperate with the UN nuclear
agency, as the two leaders held talks in Beijing ahead of the next round
of talks between world powers and Iranian negotiators to try to find a
diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear programme.
Western governments and Israel suspect Iran is trying to develop a bomb
behind the veil of its civilian nuclear programme, a charge denied by
Tehran which says it is developing civilian atomic power.
The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will urge Iran in
talks Friday to allow it access to sites where Tehran is suspected of
working on an atomic bomb, particularly a military base near the
capital.
China hopes Iran can "take a flexible and pragmatic approach, have
serious talks with all six related nations, and enhance dialogues and
cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency so as to ensure
the tensions can be eased through negotiations", Xinhua quoted Hu as
saying.
Hu also promised Ahmadinejad that China would continue to play a
"constructive role in settling the issue through peaceful means", Xinhua
said.