Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.
This is The Point.
Welcome to this edition of The Point with me, Li Xin, coming to you from Beijing.
I'm pleased to be joined from Shanghai by Professor Zhang Chuchu,
Deputy Director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Fudan University,
from Suzhou in East China's Jiangsu,
by Mohsen Soldust, Assistant Professor of International Studies at Xi'an.
Jiao Tong, Liverpool University, and from Washington, D.C.,
by Anton Fedyashin, Associate Professor of History at American University.
Welcome to all of you on this edition of The Point.
Let's first start with the joint meeting in Vienna.
And China's permanent representative to the IEA, Li Song,
made the remarks following that joint meeting with IEA Director General Rafael Grossi and his Russian...
counterpart Mikhail Yulianov and Iranian counterpart Reza Najafi.
According to Xinhua, China,
Russia and Iran emphasized in that meeting that political and diplomatic engagement based on mutual respect remains the only viable and practical path
for resolving the Iran nuclear issue.
The three countries agree that the IAEA and its Director General possess the necessary potential and expertise to contribute constructively to this process with the goal of supporting diplomatic efforts and addressing the issue in a positive and practical manner.
Professor Zhang,
help us understand the exact significance of this joint meeting coming at this juncture,