PM, Lieberman want to go to China to discuss Iran

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman will be going to China in the near future to discuss the Iranian issue, and are waiting for Beijing to finalize a date for the trip, according to government sources.
The visit, it if materializes, would follow closely on Netanyahu’s recent trip to Moscow, where he tried to drum up Russian support for UN sanctions against Iran.
Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Bank of Israel GovernorStanley Fischer went to China last month to try to persuade thereluctant Chinese to back sanctions.
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon, meanwhile, met Chinese ambassadorZhao Jun on Tuesday and discussed the Iranian threat. According to astatement issued by Ayalon’s office, the ambassador said“unequivocally” that China was opposed to a nuclear Iran.