China Cosies up to Iran

While the US has quite correctly treated Iran as an enemy, it has quite incorrectly treated China as a friend.

In my view, both Iran and China are enemies of the West. I also believe that Iran, like North Korea, is subservient to Russia and China and would do little without the OK and protection of Moscow and Bejing.

While the US is sometimes willing to confront the puppet nations, it has shown no stomach for challenging the puppet masters.


From the Communist Party of China International Department website

Iran, July 14 — He Guoqiang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), arrived in the central Iranian province of Isfahan on Thursday afternoon, kicking off an official visit to the Islamic Republic, which is designed to further strengthen the bilateral political and economic relations.

“During my visit, I’ll meet with Iranian leaders on bilateral relations and regional and international issues of common concern to promote mutual understanding and strengthen the traditional friendship between our two countries,” said the Chinese leader in a written statement issued upon arrival.

China hopes to work together with Iran to “push the bilateral relationship further ahead,” he added.

China and Iran established diplomatic relations in 1971 and bilateral relations have developed steadily in recent years.

He, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, is the second senior CPC official to visit Iran in less than a year.

Li Changchun, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, paid a visit to Iran last September.

The visits underlined the close political and economic relations between China and Iran as Tehran has been engaged in bitter diplomatic clashes with the United States and some other Western countries over its nuclear program.

The West alleged that Iran has been seeking a covert nuclear arms project and slapped harsh sanctions against the country, but Tehran repeatedly says its nuclear endeavor is solely for peaceful purpose.

China, while respecting the sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council against Iran, opposes some of the more harsh punishments taken by Western countries and has maintained business and trade relations with Iran. China also calls for a peaceful solution to the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiation.

He said in the statement that Iran, as a major country in the Middle East, has adopted a proactive foreign policy and played an important role in regional affairs.

“China values its relations with Iran and is willing to expand friendly cooperation in all areas through joint efforts on the principle of mutual respect, win-win and common development,” said he.

He will travel to the Iranian capital Tehran on Friday afternoon, where he will meet with top Iranian leaders on Friday and Saturday, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Parliament speaker Ali Larijani.

In Tehran, the Chinese leader will attend a reception held by the Chinese Embassy to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Iran and China.

He will also witness the signing of government and business agreements that is worth over 4 billion U.S. dollars.

The US will not solve its security problems until it stops attacking bit players and starts confronting its real enemies – Russia and China.

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8 thoughts on “China Cosies up to Iran

  1. China, like Iran, and like so many other nations, does what is in the best intrests of China first, foremost, and always…

    People constantly forget and relearn the oldest core rules of the art of diplomacy between nations on the global scale:

    Alliances are made for matters of mutual interest and conveinece.

    These alliances last only until something becomes inconveinent.

    This works as well along the lines of the political reality in any of the worlds nations:

    You have no friends, only allies of cunveinence.

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