The Iranian foreign minister tweeted "happy" with Chinese, and Zhao Lijian praised it

Source: Beijing Daily Client

On January 17, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian presided over a regular press conference.

A reporter asked a question, on the 14th, Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahyan tweeted with a Chinese, saying that he was very happy to start his first visit to China since taking office at the beginning of this year. He exchanged views and reached important consensus with State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on a wide range of issues such as the comprehensive cooperation plan, hoping that the relations between the two countries will leap forward in the second 50 years, and wishing that the Beijing Winter Olympics will bring vitality to the world under the epidemic. Could the Spokesperson provide a briefing?

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"First of all, I have to tweet to Foreign Minister Abdullahyan with Chinese." Spokesman Zhao Lijian said that on January 14, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahyan in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, and the two sides jointly announced the launch of the implementation of the comprehensive cooperation plan between the two countries, and agreed to strengthen cooperation in energy, infrastructure, production capacity, science and technology, medical and health care, expand agriculture and fisheries, network security, and tripartite cooperation, deepen people-to-people exchanges in education, film, and talent training, and create more tangible cooperation results.

State Councilor Wang Yi said that in the past year, under the guidance of the two heads of state, China and Iran have taken the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations as an opportunity to strengthen unity and coordination, deepen political mutual trust, and achieve new results in bilateral relations. China is willing to continuously enrich the connotation of the China-Iran comprehensive strategic partnership and open a new period of the next 50 years of development of bilateral relations. China will continue to make every effort to provide vaccines to the Iranian side and help the Iranian side completely defeat the epidemic. At the same time, China firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions against Iran, opposes political manipulation on issues such as human rights, and opposes gross interference in the internal affairs of Iran and other regional countries. China will firmly support the resumption of the implementation negotiation process of the JCPOA, continue to participate constructively in the follow-up negotiations, and hope that all parties will overcome difficulties and move in the same direction and persist in advancing the process of political and diplomatic settlement.

Abdullahyan spoke highly of the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Iran and China last year and the signing of a comprehensive cooperation plan, and thanked China for its strong support for Iran's fight against the epidemic. Iran will firmly pursue the one-China policy, highly appreciate and will actively participate in the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", firmly commit to promoting Iran-China cooperation, support China's successful hosting of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and jointly oppose bullying and unilateral sanctions. (Reporter Liu Xiaoyan)