Trump: China agreed not to supply weapons to Iran
The American President said Donald Trump Wednesday The Chinahas agreed not to supply Iranwith weapons, and that he received personal assurances of this from President Xi Jinping.
Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social. "They have agreed not to supply weapons to Iran. President Xi will give me a warm hug when I get there in a few weeks"referring to his scheduled summit with Xi in Beijing on May 14 and 15.
In a separate interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business that aired on Wednesday, Trump said that his Chinese counterpart promised him "Basically" By not supplying weapons to Iran.
He said "I heard that China is supplying weapons to Iran, and you see it everywhere"he added "I wrote him a letter asking him not to do it, and he wrote me a letter basically saying he didn’t do it"
Siege of Iranian ports
The conflict in the Middle East added a new dimension to the tension in the already complex US-Chinese relations. China is a major importer of oil from Iran.
The Trump-Xi summit was scheduled to be held in March, but was postponed due to the war on Iran, and China considered on Tuesday that the blockade imposed by the United States on Iranian ports "Dangerous and irresponsible"Xi pledged that Beijing would continue to play a role "building" For peace in the Middle East.
In his post on Truth Social, Trump stressed that "China is very happy that I am opening the Strait of Hormuz permanently. I do it for them too, and for the world".
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