Iran’s President to Pursue Comprehensive Deal in China Trip
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The implementation a comprehensive cooperation agreement between Iran and China will be a key issue on the agenda during Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s upcoming visit to China, an official said.
The deputy head of the Iranian president’s office for political affairs, Mohammad Jamshidi, announced on Monday that the efforts to carry out the comprehensive cooperation deal between Tehran and Beijing will be one of the objectives during Raisi’s forthcoming trip to China.
He noted that the president will be accompanied by the ministers of economy, foreign affairs, agriculture, roads, industry and petroleum, as well as the governor of the Central Bank of Iran in the upcoming visit to China.
China has strengthened its position as Iran’s top trade partner in recent years. During the first ten months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 – January 20, 2023), China has exported $12.7 billion worth of goods to Iran and its imports from Iran stood at $12.6 billion.
Raisi will visit Beijing from February 14 to 16 at the official invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
In March 2021, the foreign ministers of Iran and China signed a 25-year agreement to develop cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
The Iran-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership was announced in a joint statement during a visit by the Chinese president to Tehran in 2016.