Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) told US President Barack Obama that China would work with the US and other parties to ensure the implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affiars said yesterday.
Last week’s deal, backed by the UN Security Council on Monday, lifts sanctions imposed by the US, the EU and the UN in return for Iran’s agreement to long-term curbs on a nuclear program the West has suspected aimed to build a nuclear bomb.
The agreement sends a positive message to the world that the international community can resolve major disputes through talks, the ministry cited Xi as saying in a telephone call with Obama.
China and the US worked closely during the talks and this is good for their relationship, Xi added.
“China will continue to have constructive cooperation with all parties, including the United States, to ensure the implementation of the comprehensive agreement and the UN Security Council decision,” Xi said.
China and Iran have close diplomatic, economic, trade and energy ties, and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi (王毅) had been active in pushing both Washington and Tehran to reach agreement on the nuclear issue.
However, China — one of the nations involved in the talks with Iran — had long railed against unilateral sanctions imposed on Iran by the US and Europe, though it has supported UN measures and denounced threats of force.
While China and the US bicker about everything from human rights and trade to China’s territorial ambitions in the South China Sea, they also work closely together on issues of global concern, such as Iran’s nuclear program.
Xi told Obama he looked forward to his trip to the US in September, describing the development of relations at present as good.
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