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China, Russia back Iran as Trump presses Tehran

2025.03.14, 14:51
China, Russia back Iran as Trump presses Tehran

China and Russia stood by Iran on Friday after the United States demanded nuclear talks with Tehran

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In a joint statement issued after talks with Iran in Beijing, China and Russia also said they welcomed Iran's reiteration that its nuclear program was exclusively for peaceful purposes and that Tehran's right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy should be "fully" respected.

"(China, Russia and Iran) emphasized that the relevant parties should be committed to addressing the root cause of the current situation and abandoning sanction, pressure, or threat of force," China's Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu told reporters after the meeting.

China, Russia and Iran also emphasized the necessity of terminating all "unlawful" unilateral sanctions, Ma said.

Ma's meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi came days after Tehran spurned U.S. "orders" to resume dialogue over the nuclear program.

Last week, Trump said he had sent a letter to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposing nuclear talks, adding that "there are two ways Iran can be handled: militarily, or you make a deal."

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian responded that he would not negotiate with the U.S. while being "threatened" and Iran would not bow to U.S. "orders" to talk.

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