Washington, Dec 17, SPA -- U.S. and Chinese officials held discussions in Washington about North Korea’s nuclear disarmament, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the recent terror attacks in Mumbai, and the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, the State Department said Tuesday. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo led the talks during the sixth round of the U.S.-China Senior Dialogue on Monday, the department said in a statement. The two sides discussed “the tensions in South Asia” after last month’s attacks in Mumbai, Iran’s continuing defiance of U.N. Security Council resolutions “dissuading its pursuit of nuclear weapons,” and the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe, the statement said.“The two also exchanged views on bilateral military and non-proliferation issues, human rights, and stability in Asia, including recent developments in the six-party talks to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula,” the department wrote.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/617068