Tehran:
Iran’s ties with China will stay unchanged regardless of the election of Donald Trump as US president, an adviser to Iran’s supreme chief stated in remarks carried by ISNA information company.
Ali Akbar Velayati stated Trump’s return to the White Home in January wouldn’t “impression” Iran’s international coverage, “significantly its ties with China”, in keeping with ISNA.
“Iran and China have long-standing, shut and cordial cultural and historic relations they usually have had many optimistic results on one another,” he was quoted as saying.
The feedback have been made throughout a gathering with Cong Peiwu, the Chinese language ambassador to Tehran, the information company stated in its report on Sunday evening.
Velayati, who served as international minister for 16 years till 1997, presently advises Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
China is Iran’s largest buying and selling companion and a significant purchaser of its sanctioned oil.
Iranian Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad stated final week that the Islamic republic had no “severe considerations” concerning oil gross sales following Trump’s election.
Trump, who applied a “most strain” coverage towards Iran throughout his first time period, has named Marco Rubio, a politician recognized for his hostility towards each China and Iran, as his secretary of state.
This coverage concerned the imposition of each previous and new sanctions on Tehran, complicating Beijing’s efforts to interact Iran in its intensive Belt and Street infrastructure initiative.
In 2021, China and Iran signed a 25-year strategic settlement that encompasses varied areas, together with power, safety, infrastructure and communications.
In September, Chinese language International Minister Wang Yi reassured Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that China would “help” Iran, no matter how the worldwide and regional state of affairs evolves.
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