SHANGHAI, MAY 15 (SPA) - CHINA, RUSSIA AND FOUR CENTRAL ASIAN STATES ON MONDAY WARNED THAT ATTEMPTS TO END THE STAND-OFF OVER IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME OTHER THAN THROUGH TALKS WOULD LEAD TO UNWANTED RESULTS. THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION (SCO) GROUPS THE FORMERLY SOVIET-CONTROLLED STATES OF KAZAKHSTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN WITH REGIONAL GIANTS CHINA AND RUSSIA. "IRAN IS AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY AND WE THINK THIS MATTER ONLY CAN BE SOLVED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS," TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER TALBAK NAZAROV, WHO WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE SCO, TOLD A PRESS BRIEFING IN SHANGHAI. "IF OTHER MEASURES ARE USED TO SOLVE THE IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE, THIS WILL NOT GIVE THE INTENDED RESULTS," HE SAID, WITHOUT ELABORATING. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/361159