“The two sides will make a detailed exchange of issues of bilateral relations between China and Iran and mutual concerns, both international and regional hotspots,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Zi-Kun said on Tuesday.
A visit to China by a top Tehran diplomat is ahead of third-round nuclear negotiations between Iran and the US, the Strait Times reported.
On the past two Saturdays, there were two rounds of nuclear and sanctions burning between Oman, first between Iran and the next Saturday. After the consultation, both sides expressed their happiness with very positive and constructive consultation progress.
Expert-level consultations are scheduled to take place tomorrow in Muscat, Oman.
Araguchi previously visited China in December. Beijing was the signatories of the abandoned 2015 agreement that reigned in Tehran’s nuclear program.
China is Iran’s biggest commercial partner and its main buyer of oil, and Tehran is still crushing US sanctions.
According to Iranian media, about 92% of Iranian oil is headed towards China, often selling at a substantial discount.
“The two countries maintain mutual respect, trust and support, promote the sound and stable development of bilateral relations, and contribute to regional and global peace and stability,” Guo said.
Formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the 2015 agreement was signed by four other permanent UN Security Council members, along with Germany and the European Union, in the UK, France, Russia and the US.
US President Donald Trump withdrew from the agreement during his first term in 2018, urging Iran to violate that term a year later.
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