China's Top Diplomat Says Cooperation With Iran To Continue: Xinhua

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Reuters
Staff Aug 17, 2018

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-china/chinas-top-diplomat-says-cooperation-with-iran-to-continue-xinhua-idUSKBN1L2297

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 deal in which Tehran agreed to curb its nuclear work in return for the lifting of most Western sanctions, is in line with the international community’s “common interest”, the Chinese diplomat said in a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, according to Xinhua.

“We have openly indicated that we oppose the wrong practices of unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ in international relations,” Wang Yi was quoted as saying.

Beijing has cultivated close commercial links with Tehran, especially in the energy sector.