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<\/p>\nThe Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers on Saturday signed a 25-year cooperation agreement between the two allies in a ceremony carried live on state television.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur relations with Iran will not be affected by the current situation, but will be permanent and strategic,\u201d Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was earlier quoted by Iranian news agencies as saying.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran decides independently on its relations with other countries and is not like some countries that change their position with one phone call.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Wang met President Hassan Rouhani ahead of the signing of the agreement, which is expected to include Chinese investments in key sectors such as energy and infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The accord is an example of \u201csuccessful diplomacy,\u201d Rouhani\u2019s adviser Hesameddin Ashena was cited by Iranian media as saying. \u201cA country\u2019s strength is in its ability to join coalitions, not to remain isolated.\u201d<\/p>\n
Saeed Khatibzadeh, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said the document was a \u201croadmap\u201d for trade, economic and transportation cooperation, with a \u201cspecial focus on the private sectors of the two sides.\u201d<\/p>\n
China, one of Iran\u2019s largest trading partners and a long-standing ally, agreed in 2016 to boost bilateral trade by more than 10 times to $600 billion over a decade.<\/p>\n
Its commerce ministry said on Thursday that Beijing will try to safeguard the 2015 Iran nuclear deal and defend the legitimate interests of Sino-Iranian relations.<\/p>\n
The United States and the other Western powers party to the deal are at odds with Tehran over which side should first return to the accord, which was abandoned by former U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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