Chinese FM: Beijing, Tehran strategic partners
By Trend
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that China and Iran are strategic partners with comprehensive collaborative relationship, Trend reports citing IRNA.
In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif,
he added that the two countries should promote mutual cooperation,
as major regional and international developments are unfolding
now.
“China is strongly opposed to US unilateral sanctions and its
prejudgments. China understands Iran’s conditions and concerns and
safeguards its legitimate interests,” he said.
Reiterating that nuclear deal is protector of the UN might as well
as the international principles and norms, Yi said that disputes
around the deal are clear sign of conflict between unilateralism
and multilateralism.
He also appreciated Iran for fully fulfilling its commitments under
the deal, saying that Iran has shown in practice that it is not
willing to walk away from JCPOA.
“China is interested to cooperate with Iran to counter
interventionism and get out of the situation so that the deal will
be fully implemented,” he said.
Elsewhere in his talks, Chinese foreign minister referred to
Silk Road Initiative and thanked Iran for its active presence in
the plan.
China is keen on further cooperation and deepening relations with
Iran, he said.
Zarif, for his part, said that Iran is not responsible for the
tensions around the nuclear deal, as it is not interested to exit
the deal.
“Iran is willing for cooperate with China and other parties to
the nuclear accord to help implement the JCPOA. Iran does not want
war and favors peace and stability in the Persian Gulf,” he
said.
Iran is thankful of China’s major role in nuclear deal and is
willing to continue bilateral and multilateral cooperation with
Beijing based on the mutual interests,Zarif said.
Describing China as strategic partner for all the times, he said
that Iran is ready to seize the opportunity of the Silk Road
Initiative to strengthen bilateral relations.
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