(Re-opens) On Monday, China's Ambassador to the United Nations, Wang Guangya, also called for negotiated settlement between Iran and the European countries. "China prefers to have the EU-3 continue the negotiations with Iranian's to find a long-term solution on this issue," he told reporters in New York, according to the Xinhua news agency. China is one of five members of the U.N. Security Council, and so can veto proposals for U.N action against Iran. The other members are the United States, Britain, France and Russia. --SPA 13 23 Local Time 10 23 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/324207