China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Beijing last week. Photo: AFPChina’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Beijing last week. Photo: AFP
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Beijing last week. Photo: AFP
China /  Diplomacy

China, Iran to forge closer ties due to common threat from United States, analysts say

  • Beijing remains keen to resolve its trade war with Washington but stronger economic relations with Tehran seem inevitable, observers say
  • Foreign ministers from China and Iran met in Beijing on Friday

Topic |   US-China relations
Liu Zhen
Liu Zhen

Updated: 2:27am, 24 May, 2019

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China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Beijing last week. Photo: AFPChina’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Beijing last week. Photo: AFP
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in Beijing last week. Photo: AFP
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