Envoy: Iran among China's Most Important Trade Partners

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TEHRAN (FNA)- Chinese Ambassador to
Tehran Yu Hung Yang described Iran
as one of the most important trade
partners of Beijing, and underlined the
necessity for the further
strengthening of his country's ties and
cooperation with Iran in all fields.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran is one of the
most important trade partners of China,"
Yu Hung Yang said in a meeting with a
number of Iranian traders in Mazandaran
province, Northern Iran, on Saturday.
He praised the good and high-level ties
with Iran, and said the two countries are
politically in consensus over various issues
and have no problem with each other.
Yu Hung Yang also called for the further
increase in all-out cooperation with Iran.
China, like Russia, has consistently
opposed the US pressures on Iran and
the West's economic sanctions imposed
on the Iranian financial sector and
petroleum products.
China has refused to comply with US
requests to decrease oil imports from
Iran and instead has increased its trade
with the country
Trade between Iran and China in the past
year was estimated at $45 billion.

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