Ambassador reaffirms Chinese support for Iranian nuclear programme

IRAN: Chinese Ambassador to Tehran Yu Hongyang on Sunday reaffirmed his government’s support for Iranian nuclear programme. He told Governor General of Golestan Province Javad Ghanaat that the Chinese government has always been clear and transparent about Iranian nuclear programme supporting Iranian legitimate right enshrined by Non-Proliferation Treaty.

The ambassador said that Chinese government has been insisting on settlement of the nuclear issue through dialogue.

He added that China attaches special importance to all-out expansion of relations with Iran.

“That’s our constant policy, because China shares common stance with the Islamic Republic of Iran on international issues,” the ambassador said.

Yu said 70 Chinese companies are active in Iran. The Chinese ambassador said that the Chinese companies are willing to implement infrastructural projects in Golestan Province and that they would work out such projects as soon as possible.

He said that his country would do its best to facilitate visa issuance for traders of Golestan Province. Governor General of Golestan Province said for his part that the Islamic Republic of Iran share common views with China on global issues including the principle of independence and the need for the governing system to enjoy popularity. Despite other countries’ cooperation with the Iraqi Baathist regime, China supported Iran during the Baathist regime’s invasion of Iran in 1980-1988.

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