NewzUS President Donald Trump said on Friday he discussed the Iran war with Chinese President Xi Jinping, as the US ambassador to China said Trump in White House talks made clear that Chinese help for Iran is unacceptable. “We did,” Trump told reporters when asked whether he talked to Xi about Iran. “I think we’re going to do great.” The US Ambassador to China David Perdue in a Friday CNBC interview said Trump reiterated to Xi that direct or indirect support for Iran was “totally unaccept
President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping to halt any assistance to Iran when the two spoke during his state visit, U.S. Ambassador to Beijing David Perdue said Friday. Why it matters: China's economic, intelligence and military support for Iran has undermined Trump's effort to isolate the country amid the ongoing war.
is conducting a massive economic pressure campaign against Iran, but without Chinese cooperation it will only be partially effective. officials have been concerned since the start of the war that China is supplying Iran with air defense systems and parts to build drones. In recent weeks, Iran has used high-resolution imagery obtained from Chinese commercial satellites that allow it to target U.S.
bases in the Middle East as well as aircraft carriers and other Navy ships in the Gulf and in Arabian Sea, U.S. military to change its operational procedures to make it harder for Iran to locate and target Navy ships, a U.S. official said.What they're saying: "We have made it very clear to them weeks ago that any help that they would give Iran, whether it be direct or indirect, whether it be intelligence or parts or military equipment was totally unacceptable.
President Trump made that very clear again yesterday," Perdue said in an interview with CNBC on Friday. told China that Iran is an independent issue that is not linked to Taiwan in any way. "We have seen evidence that they have listened to us.
We have evidence they pay attention when President Trump speaks about Iran," he said. The other side: According to Chinese state media, Xi urged Trump to de-escalate with Iran by returning to the June memorandum of understanding and reaching a nuclear deal."China has encouraged relevant parties to stay committed to peaceful solutions and maintain the momentum of talks," Xi told Trump.State of play: The meeting between Trump and Xi came a day after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held a new round of indirect negotiations with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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