How closer China-US ties and more Xi-Trump summits could work in Iran's favor
China and the US — Iran's key partner and its chief adversary - found firmer common ground on Tehran at the Washington summit last month, and further head-of-state diplomacy could work in Iran's favor, according to analysts. Iran was on the agenda when the presidents of the United States and China met in Beijing in May and again in Washington in September. There was no direct reference to Tehran…
The United States and China, Iran's primary ally and adversary respectively, found growing common ground regarding Tehran at a recent Washington summit, according to analysts. The presidents of both nations met in Beijing in May and again in Washington in September, discussing Iran on each occasion. While the Beijing statement did not directly mention Iran, the September meeting saw China express more specificity, stating that it and the US agreed that Iran must comply with its non-nuclear weapons development commitments.
Additionally, in an eight-point consensus, the two powers agreed that no entity should levy tolls on international waterways, as reported by China's state news agency Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly expressed hope during his meeting with US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington that the US and Iran could resolve their conflict through dialogue, which Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian thanked in a subsequent social media post. The prospect of two more summits between Trump and Xi later this year is seen by analysts as potentially beneficial for Iran.
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