After the general elections of the United Kingdom and Iran ended one after another, and the new heads of state of the two countries were announced, China also sent two congratulatory messages within 24 hours, and the difference in attitudes towards Britain and Iran was also clear at a glance.
In the past few days, many countries have experienced a new general election. Among them, Britain has also become the most concerned one from all walks of life, because the time of the British general election is not only advanced, but also the Labor Party has won the position of the ruling party again after 14 years, and has carried out a major reshuffle in the British political arena.
Keir Starmer, the leader of the British Labour Party, also became the new prime minister of the United Kingdom and accepted the commission of King Charles III to form a new government. On the day the election results were announced, Starmer delivered his inaugural speech outside the Prime Minister's residence at 10 Downing Street, where he confidently pledged to lead the new government to "rebuild" Britain.
With the Labour Party returning to power, what adjustments Britain will make in foreign policy has also become a topic of most concern from the outside world.
Although Labour is more pragmatic in its foreign policy than the Conservatives, in recent years the Labour Party has also made changes in response to the international situation.
Under the influence of Brexit and intensified international competition, the Labor Party actually attaches more importance to deepening cooperative relations with the United States and the West and other countries, although the Labour Party's shadow foreign secretary David Lamy publicly called on the UK to actively engage with China in an all-round way a few days ago, but the Labor Party also made it clear during the election that it will maintain the relationship of cooperation and cooperation, competition and competition, and challenges and challenges with China.
Therefore, even if the Labour Party comes to power, the general direction of Britain's China policy will not change, and it will continue to adhere to the "strategic ambiguity" stance on China. Immediately after the British election, the Iranian general election also came to an end. It is reported that former Iranian Health Minister Massoud Pezeshkian won the election with 53.6% of the votes and became the new president of Iran.
In fact, Iran's election was not all smooth sailing, and in the first round of voting held last month, Pezeshkian and his opponent Jalili failed to get more than 50% of the vote, so Iran also held a second round of voting. Judging by the share of the vote, Iranian voters do not trust either the reformist Pezeshkian or the ultra-conservative Jalili.
However, as a politician with a small reputation and influence, Pezeshkian was able to win the election mainly because the Iranian people are dissatisfied with the current situation in the country, so he hopes that the reformers will make some changes when they come to power. However, Pezeshkian's foreign policy is different from Iran's, and he prefers to improve relations with the United States and Western countries.
During the election, he also publicly stated that he would take improving relations with the United States and Western countries as the key to solving Iran's domestic economic problems. From this aspect, it is not difficult to see that after he takes office, he will most likely regard the development of relations with the United States and other Western countries as the key direction of his diplomatic work.
As a result, people from all walks of life are also quite concerned about what will be the trend of relations between Iran and China and Russia after Pezeshkian comes to power. Although he prefers to improve relations with Western countries, the final decision is in the hands of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Moreover, Pezeshkian has also publicly stated that he will listen to Khamenei's opinion in foreign policy.
It can be seen from this that even if Iran wants to repair relations with the United States and other Western countries, it will not have much impact on China-Iran and Iran-Russia relations. It is worth mentioning that after the new heads of state of Britain and Iran were released one after another, China also sent two congratulatory messages within 24 hours.
However, there are clear differences in China's approach to Iran and the United Kingdom. First, from the perspective of time, on the day of the election results, the Chinese side immediately sent a congratulatory message to Pezeshkian, while the congratulatory message to the United Kingdom was two days after the election results came out, and even the Chinese side congratulated Iran on being one step ahead of the United Kingdom.
Second, in terms of specifications, the treatment of Iran is also significantly higher. The congratulatory message to Iran was sent by China's top leader, while in Britain it was sent by Chinese Premier Li Qiang. Third, in terms of wording, China's emphasis on the UK is to consolidate political mutual trust and expand mutually beneficial cooperation, while to Iran, it is to lead the comprehensive strategic relationship between the two countries to advance in depth.
From the above details, it is enough to see that China's attitude towards the UK and Iran is very different, and of course this depends on the attitude of the two countries towards China. All in all, the current complex and volatile international situation is full of challenges for all countries, but no matter what country it deals with, what China values most is mutual respect and honesty. Therefore, no matter how the political situation of the other side changes, China will only stick to its own principles in foreign policy.
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