BEIJING - China on Thursday reaffirmed that the best way to resolve the Iran nuclear issue was through dialogue and negotiations.

"China took part in the New York meeting (of the P5 plus one nations earlier this month) with a constructive attitude and discussed Washington's proposal (on drafting new sanctions)," Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters in Beijing during a regular press briefing.

Envoys from the five UN Security Council veto-wielding nations, the US, Russia, China, Britain and France, along with Germany met at the UN headquarters in New York earlier this month to discuss a fourth sanctions resolution on Iran.