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Iran says 25-year China agreement enters implementation stage
The agreement was signed last year and includes economic, military and security cooperation.

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Iran's then-Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese counterpart Wang Yi sign a 25-year cooperation agreement in Tehran last year [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]

By Maziar Motamedi
Published On 15 Jan 202215 Jan 2022
Tehran, Iran – A 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement signed between Iran and China last year has now entered the implementation stage, according to Iran’s foreign minister.
Hossein Amirabdollahian, in his first visit to China as foreign minister, announced the news late Friday after a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

“While preparing for the visit to China, we had made preparations to be able to mark today as the starting day of implementing the comprehensive agreement between the two countries,” Amirabdollahian said, but he did not announce any specific projects or agreements to mark the occasion.

Signed in Tehran in March 2021 when former President Hassan Rouhani was in office, the “strategic accord” entails economic, military and security cooperation, even as both countries are under different levels of United States sanctions.

Among other things, China has been purchasing Iranian oil – with a discount – in defiance of the sanctions over the past three years. Neither country discloses exact details.
During his visit, Amirabdollahian also delivered a letter by President Ebrahim Raisi for President Xi Jinping, which he said contained an “important message” for Raisi’s administration.

He did not elaborate on the contents, but the Raisi administration has repeatedly emphasised an “Asia-centric” foreign policy that includes China as an important factor.
Amirabdollahian’s visit came amid a flurry of meetings in Wuxi, Jiangsu. The foreign minister landed there shortly after China’s Yi held talks with the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the foreign ministers of four of its member countries – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain – in addition to the Turkish foreign minister.
Vienna nuclear talks
Continuing talks in Vienna aimed at restoring Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers were also high on the agenda during the Iranian foreign minister’s visit.

After the meeting, Amirabollahian told reporters Iran is ready to achieve an agreement in the Austrian capital in the shortest time, a feat that will be made possible with the support of China and Russia.

A readout of the meeting published by Iran’s foreign ministry quoted Wang Yi as saying China supports Iran’s “logical” position in the Vienna talks.
“We hope that the Western parties also continue the negotiations in Vienna with a realistic view aimed at achieving an agreement that will also see the interests of the Iranian people secured,” he said.

The foreign minister criticised the Western parties – the US, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom – for what he called their lack of “initiative” in the talks.

“They say we’re worried and we’re in a hurry but their lack of practical initiative shows there is a contrast between their rhetoric and action,” he said.

The eighth – and presumably final – round of the intensive talks has been continuing in Vienna since last month as the Western parties warn mere weeks are left to reach an agreement because of Iran’s nuclear advancements.

The heads of the negotiating delegations agreed on Friday to head back to their capitals for two days for consultations, but the talks are not on pause as the expert working groups continue to hold sessions.

The US imposed its harsh sanctions on Iran from 2018 when it unilaterally abandoned the nuclear deal. Iran has since significantly ramped up its nuclear programme, but says it is strictly peaceful.


China, With $400 Billion Iran Deal, Could Deepen Influence in Mideast
 
$70 Billion investment in Pakistan seems very tiny amount, if we look $400 Billions investment in Iran,

I think China should invest more in roads and especially in railways projects in Pakistan
Iran can give them Oil to get out of debt.

What we will do? We don't have Oil.
Chinese are not investing.Major road projects are on loan.So i think enough roads are present now.We should focus on Industry now.

400 Billion USD investment is good news because this will further reduce Indian influence on Iran which will be
again a very huge strategic success.
 
$70 Billion investment in Pakistan seems very tiny amount, if we look $400 Billions investment in Iran,

I think China should invest more in roads and especially in railways projects in Pakistan
US $400 billion is China's total investment in Iran in the next 25 years.

The $70 billion only involves the investment in railway and power generation projects in Karachi in CEPC infrastructure. It is only the third investment of CEPC.
 
This is the beginning of the end for the US dominance in the Middle East.

Globally speaking, a huge crash for the US dollar will happen sometime in future. Maybe 10 years later, or maybe 20 years later, if not sooner, but it's inevitable at this point.
 
rather than alliance against West should be more to benefit Iran
Forming an alliance against West does benefit Iran in direct and indirect ways.
Currently, the major obstacle for Iran's trade with the world is the undeniable economic influence of the US and Western European countries on other nations. The more this influence is reduced globally, the better it is for Iran.
 
Any idea what projects are under consideration? Iran should first and foremost upgrade its air force.
 
Any idea what projects are under consideration? Iran should first and foremost upgrade its air force.
A quick summary: China & Iran signed a landmark partnership agreement on March 27, 2021, China will provide investments as well as economic and security services worth $400 billion over 25 years in return for a steady supply of oil from Iran.

Some known items (unofficial) from a media report:
  • Infrastructure, including (but not limited to) railroads and ports such as Chabahar and others.
  • Creating a special mechanism to aid banking transactions between the two countries in the Chinese currency (yuan), and helping traders who operate between the two countries.
  • Building oil depots on Chinese territories to stockpile.
  • Intelligence cooperation and developing information infrastructure for a 5G telecommunication network.
  • Cooperation with Russia to connect the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Gulf with northern Europe via Azerbaijan and Russia, and the coast of southern Iran with the Baltic Sea.
  • Gas and oil pipelines from southern Iran to the Mediterranean via Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, connected to the Syrian port of Baniyas and the Lebanese port of Tripoli.
  • Military, defense, and security cooperation including training, research, and interaction on strategic issues.
 
A quick summary: China & Iran signed a landmark partnership agreement on March 27, 2021, China will provide investments as well as economic and security services worth $400 billion over 25 years in return for a steady supply of oil from Iran.

Some known items (unofficial) from a media report:
  • Infrastructure, including (but not limited to) railroads and ports such as Chabahar and others.
  • Creating a special mechanism to aid banking transactions between the two countries in the Chinese currency (yuan), and helping traders who operate between the two countries.
  • Building oil depots on Chinese territories to stockpile.
  • Intelligence cooperation and developing information infrastructure for a 5G telecommunication network.
  • Cooperation with Russia to connect the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Gulf with northern Europe via Azerbaijan and Russia, and the coast of southern Iran with the Baltic Sea.
  • Gas and oil pipelines from southern Iran to the Mediterranean via Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, connected to the Syrian port of Baniyas and the Lebanese port of Tripoli.
  • Military, defense, and security cooperation including training, research, and interaction on strategic issues.
You will get your *** kicked hard if you use any term but the Persian Gulf with Iranians. Please do inform your fellow Chinese of that or they may find themselves in a harsh situation in Iran.
 
You will get your *** kicked hard if you use any term but the Persian Gulf with Iranians. Please do inform your fellow Chinese of that or they may find themselves in a harsh situation in Iran.
It's a direct quote from NY Times, perhaps you may click the link now, leave a comment, kick some American a$$ and teach them your terminology lesson? Anyway be specific, which term in that American article is offensive to Iranians according to you?
 
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isn't 25 years a bit long for a contract

maybe 25 months ?
Not really. How old are you even to ask such questions?

But not that its matters since nobody has even mentioned anything about a "contract" Mr. Think Tank Analyst.

You will get your *** kicked hard if you use any term but the Persian Gulf with Iranians. Please do inform your fellow Chinese of that or they may find themselves in a harsh situation in Iran.
That's U.S. regime controlled media. They aren't permitted to use proper regional terms blacklisted by the U.S. regime. Their wording has nothing to do with China.
 

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