December 29, 2018 19:24

China-Iran Ties Poised to Prosper

Tehran’s interest in working more closely with Beijing is of “strategic” importance and not based on “short-term” goals, Iran’s foreign minister said

Iran is keen to forge closer ties with China as a rising economic power, Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif said, while urging the East Asian country to resist US bullying and unilateralism.
China is a “reliable” partner of Iran, and the Chinese government and people know that Iran is a “trustworthy” partner, Zarif told Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television in an interview broadcast on Friday, IRNA reported.
He stressed that Iran will never make politically motivated decisions when it comes to energy supply to China.

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