France and China have pledged to draw a line under past tensions over Tibet and breathe new life into their relationship by working together on issues from global monetary policy to Iran. <br/>President Nicolas Sarkozy and his host Hu Jintao made the comments following talks in Beijing that signalled they had moved past the Tibet row, which peaked when Sarkozy met the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, in 2008. <br/>The West has sought Chinese support for tough action on Tehran over its nuclear programme, which some suspect is a cover to develop atomic weapons, and the issue had been expected to be high on President Sarkozy's agenda. <br/>Beijing has been reluctant to punish Iran, a major trading partner and source of oil, but US Vice President Joe Biden said last week that China would back new sanctions, predicting they could be agreed within days. <br/>President Sarkozy pledged that France would work with China, which has sought greater say for developing countries in world financial affairs, for a new multipolar system when it assumes the rotating leadership of the G20 from November. <br/>