Clinton says China moving to cut Iran imports

US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton

AFP/Mohammed Obaidi

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 21 June 2012 03:41 GMT

China is moving to cut its imports of Iranian oil, tracking earlier efforts by countries such as India, Japan and South Korea which won them exemptions from tough new US sanctions.

The US  has already exempted a number of major countries from the new sanctions, which it may impose starting on 28 June as Washington's most ambitious measure yet to force Iran to curtail its nuclear programme by reducing its oil export sales.

China, which alone buys as much as a fifth of Iran's crude exports, has not yet been granted a similar reprieve, but US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hinted on Wednesday that one could be in the works, Reuters reported.

"We've seen China slowly but surely take actions," Clinton said in…

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