September 12, 2024 10:04 GMT
China Links Talked Up On Sidelines Of BRICS Meeting
IRAN
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(MNI) London - Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the ongoing BRICS security summit that concludes today in the Russian city of St. Petersburg. Iranian state media reports that Wang "emphasized that Beijing-Tehran relations will not be affected by other countries and that we support Iran's territorial integrity and sovereignty."
- State-run Mehr reports that Wang, "stressed that Beijing and Tehran are facing the same challenges and threats, and therefore, they must cooperate with each other to thwart the US efforts against Iran, Russia, and China. [Wang] said that his country is ready to strengthen cooperation with Iran regarding the transport corridors."
- The alleged supply of ballistic missiles to Russia has seen the US and the E3 (France, Germany, UK) impose new sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities, potentially halting any moves towards a relaxation in broader sanctions that had been speculated upon since the election of 'reformist' President Masoud Pezeshkian.
- On 11 Sep, Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi said that the US and its allies were working off of "faulty intelligence" and that Iran had not supplied any ballistic missiles to Russia.
- As the Saudi-based academic Mohammed Al-Sulami posits, Sino-Iranian relations could follow one of two paths: a balance of deeper relations with China while trying to improve links with the West, or an arms-length relationship where Iranian oil still flows to China but Beijing seeks more strategic links with Saudi Arabia and the UAE to avoid US opprobrium.
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