November 3, 2007 (LPAC)--Yesterday, a London meeting of officials of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, plus Germany, failed to agree with Washington on a new round of sanctions against Iran. According to the Financial Times, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns came out of the meeting blaming China.

"We are disappointed by the lack of cooperation by China on a third Security Council resolution," Burns said. "We don't think that China is moving with us." He said the U.S. believes China has increased trade with Iran over the last six months, and is putting economic interests over solving the crisis. He said China is "sending the wrong signal" to Tehran.

There will be another meeting of the group after Nov. 19, when IAEA chief Mohammed El Baradei and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana deliver new reports on the state of Iran's nuclear program.