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In fact, China had not previously announced this visit, and the Iranian Foreign

Vice Minister Araghchi had arrived in Beijing

this morning, and no information has yet emerged except that he met and held

talks with the Chinese foreign minister

Wang Yi, but

of course this visit

by Araghchi to Beijing gains importance in light of the

current circumstances,

especially if we know that China is considered

Iran’s biggest trading partner and that what is happening

in the Arabian Gulf region and the American blockade of Iranian ports,

and the Iranian- American- Israeli war, all of that has a major impact on

the Chinese economy and trade flows as well

Araghchi came on this visit

just before, or only a few days before, a planned visit by the American

president Donald Trump to the Chinese capital, Beijing,

to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping, and there is no doubt that during this visit

Iran will discuss with the Chinese side prospects for finding a solution

to the crisis and also for presenting the Iranian position

Its viewpoint and its positions on this war, and its demands during the negotiations

that took place and that are taking place

between it and the United States

Also, in addition to that,

the U.S. secretary of state had stated some time ago

and demanded that China exert pressure on the Iranian side, especially on the

minister of foreign affairs of Iran, meaning opening the Strait of Hormuz

in relation to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,

and he demanded that China exert this, exert pressure on the Iranian foreign

minister, but

observers believe that

is China really

capable of exerting such pressure on the Iranian foreign minister?

Since the beginning of the crisis, China has seen that this war, since it flared up,

is illegal, and that the attack by the United States and Israel on

Iran is illegal and was not carried out

under a resolution issued by the United Nations and the Security Council,

and therefore it opposes

the American and Israeli actions and China calls for resolving this crisis through

negotiations. There is no doubt that the foreign minister

of Iran will exchange with his counterpart

the Chinese points of view regarding the crisis at hand

and the ways of finding solutions, especially regarding the Strait of Hormuz.

As I mentioned at the beginning, China has major economic relations with Iran,

especially in the oil sector, as it imports more than 80% of

Iranian oil.

China also sends

and exports many

products manufactured in China to the Gulf region, and they pass all of them

through the Strait of Hormuz.

Therefore, China is seeking to find a solution to this crisis.

China has long supported the negotiation efforts led

by Pakistan and has said on more than one occasion that it supports these

Pakistani efforts and calls on all parties to resort to

negotiations to solve this

crisis. Of course, we are waiting for more of what will emerge from these

meetings between the Chinese side and the Iranian side, especially since in about

an hour or more there will be a press conference by the Chinese Ministry of

Foreign Affairs,

and it is expected that the Chinese Foreign Ministry will announce the results

of these talks.

Yes, Ahmed, as we speak Now, Nasser, to respond to these statements,

we refer to what

the Iranian Tasnim agency is reporting about the Chinese foreign minister,

a statement from the Chinese

foreign minister carried by Tasnim agency that the region is at a fateful turning

point and that direct meetings between Washington and Tehran are necessary

Tasnim agency reports a statement from the Chinese foreign minister saying that the

region is at a turning point

and that direct meetings between Washington and Tehran are necessary,

as the Chinese foreign minister also says that

the region is at a fateful turning point and that direct meetings between the

two sides the American and the Iranian are necessary these statements are from the

Chinese foreign minister.

We return to the Arab Television correspondent in Beijing, Nasser Abdelhaq,

to follow up on these statements and what is expected from this visit.

Nasser, this visit also comes before an expected visit by the American president.

How is it being dealt with?

Yes, Ahmed, as I mentioned to you, it is an important visit,

and perhaps Araqchi came to China ahead of the visit of the American president,

Donald Trump, who Analysts and observers believe that

the Gulf issue and the ongoing war between the United States and Iran will be

at the top of the American president’s agenda upon his arrival in China,

and there are expectations that he will ask the American president will ask

the Chinese side to exert pressure on

the Iranian side, since he knows that China has strong

relations commercially and politically— sorry,

commercial and political relations with Iran. But according to the statement

by the Chinese foreign minister whom you mentioned, China believes that

there is indeed great importance

in finding a solution to this crisis and that it is necessary for negotiations

to continue between the Iranian side and the American side,

and that these negotiations are the only solution in the view of the Chinese,

and China calls for not returning to reigniting the war again and

exchanging attacks by both sides.

When China says that the region is going through a

fateful phase, it really means not only the confrontation between Iran and the

United States, since this confrontation does not affect only the two warring sides,

but rather…

It has come to affect the countries of the region

as a whole and not only the countries of the region but the entire global economy,

and we are witnessing daily the impact of this war

taking place in the Arabian Gulf region on economies

across the world as a whole, to the extent that there are

analysts who have pointed out that there are countries whose

economies are on the verge of collapse because of this war and the closure of

maritime passages and, in addition to that of course,

the rise in oil prices and the rise in the prices of other commodities

such as fertilizers and others,

and thus all of this has a major impact

not only on the economies of the United States and Iran or even China alone,

but its impact reaches or affects many countries in the world,

and therefore China is demanding that

these negotiations continue in order to find solutions to stop this crisis