Trump denies that he needs Beijing to end the war with Iran. Despite this, he is planning long negotiations in China on the Middle East and the disputed Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that he does not need China’s help to end the war with Iran. At the same time, however, he announced that he will discuss the conflict in the Middle East in detail with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. It was reported by the AFP agency.
- Donald Trump says he doesn’t need China to end the war with Iran.
- Trump plans to discuss the conflict in the Middle East in detail in Beijing.
- Iran is facing a stalemate after the US-Israeli attack and the fighting near Hormuz.
Trump told reporters before the flight that they would have a “long conversation” with the Chinese leader.
China and its relations with Iran
China is an important economic partner of Iran, takes a large part of its oil production and is also among its important diplomatic supporters.
However, the US president emphasized that he does not need Xi to find a way out of the conflict, which began at the turn of February and March with a massive US-Israeli attack on Iran and grew into a stalemate in the form of a fight for control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump: Iran is under control
“We have a lot of topics to discuss. To be honest, I wouldn’t say Iran is one of them because we have Iran under a lot of control,” Trump said, repeating to Tehran that “we either make a deal or they are destroyed.”
Responding to media reports that China continues to help arm the Islamic Republic and buy its oil despite sanctions, Trump said Xi has been “relatively accommodating.”
Trump on the Chinese president
“They get a lot of their oil from this region. We’ve had no problem. He’s a friend of mine and a person we get along with,” Trump said shortly before departing for Beijing.
