28 Mar 2024
Monday 5 December 2016 - 11:24
Story Code : 241603

Iran, China have common views on global issues: Zarif

Press TV- Irans foreign minister says Tehran and Beijing have common views on issues of global significance, saying there are no obstacles in the way of the expansion of bilateral ties.


Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in Beijing on Monday, meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. The Iranian top diplomat arrived in the Chinese capital earlier in the day at the head of a large high-ranking political and economic delegationfollowing a two-day visit to India.

Zarif praised Tehran-China relations as warm and strong, saying Iran is ready to align itself with China in all areas as the two nations havemutual interests and a common approach towards international affairs.

The officials billed a January visit to Iran by Chinese President Xi Jinping as historical. The two-day trip featured an agreement between the countries on strategic ties and the signing of 17 cooperation documents.

The Chinese official, for his part, said his country supported Irans accession to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) regional security group, where the Islamic Republic is currently an observer member.

The two sides alsolaid emphasis on the need to fight terrorism on the global arena.

They furtherreminded that all parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the nuclear accord signed between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries -- the US, Britain, Russia, France and China plus Germany -- last year, had to observe their contractual obligations.

Wang said the JCPOA is a multilateral agreement endorsed by the UN Security Council, whose implementation should not be affected by any of the countries domestic developments.

He was referring to a recent US Congress vote to extend Washingtons Iran Sanctions Act (ISA), a move Tehran has slammed as a violation of last years nuclear deal.

The top Iranian and Chinese diplomats are to attend a joint presser later in the day.

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