00:00China, Russia and Iran held talks on Iran's nuclear program on Friday after U.S. President
00:06Donald Trump pushed to jumpstart a new deal.
00:10The deputy foreign ministers of the three countries met in Beijing and the foreign minister
00:14of China later hosted the group.
00:16In a joint statement, they called for the termination of U.S. sanctions on Iran over
00:20its nuclear program.
00:22The talks came after Trump wrote a letter to Iran's supreme leader in an attempt to
00:26re-engage talks over Tehran's rapidly advancing program.
00:31Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has mocked Trump, saying he isn't interested
00:36in talks with a bullying government, although Iranian officials have offered conflicting
00:40signals over the possibility of negotiations.
00:43China, Russia, France and Britain participated in the original 2015 Preliminary Framework
00:50Agreement for the Iran nuclear deal.
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