Iran's Minister of Defense visits China after conflict with Israel
Iran's Minister of Defense visits China after conflict with Israel
The Iranian Minister of Defense Aziz Nasirzadeh visited China, his first visit abroad after a 12-day conflict with Israel , which temporarily got involved in a new regional conflict. This visit underlines the diplomatic and economic relationships between Iran and China.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Nasirzadeh is one of nine defense ministers who at a meeting of Shanghai Coopation Organization (SCO) participation. This security group led by China and Russia has become more important, while Beijing and Moscow are trying to form alternative international blocks to the USA.
meeting in Qingdao
The two -day meeting began on Wednesday in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, just one day after a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, which ended the weeks of air strikes between the two countries. These attacks were accompanied by a US air attack on
The meeting of the sco fell with a Government in the Hague, in which US President Donald Trump announced that The USA "next week" would talk to Iran about a potential nuclear agreement. In his comments, China's Minister of Defense Dong Jun emphasized that China offers an alternative to international security architecture without directing the conflict. China's role in international conflicts
A call for cooperation
In his speech, Dong explained that "unilateralism and protectionism increase", while hegemonic and attacking actions undermine the international order. He called for the SCO countries-in addition to China and Russia also India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Belarus-to improve coordination and to defend “international fairness and justice” as well as “global strategic stability.”
support for Iran
Iran’s Nasirzadeh "expressed his thanks for the understanding and support of Iran's legitimate position", as the Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The minister expressed the desire that China continued to “preserve justice and play a greater role in maintaining the current ceasefire and relaxation of regional tensions.
Chinese reactions to the conflict
Chinese officials have Israel attack sentenced to Iran on June 13th, the high-ranking Military leader eliminated and triggered the current conflict. China, an important diplomatic and economic supporter of Iran, has tried in recent years to further deepen the collaboration, among other things through common Marine exercises .
energy education between China and Iran
china remains the largest energy buyer Iran, although no purchases of Iranian oil have been recorded in the official customs statistics since 2022. In the past few months, Iranian chemicals have been supplied that are required to produce rocket fuel Shows CNN-reports
The future of the SCO
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization was founded in 2001 to combat terrorism and promote border security. The group has become more important in recent years because Beijing and Moscow are trying to assert themselves against a US-conducted alliance system. The SCO is not a military alliance, but it is pursuing the goal of “making joint efforts to ensure peace, security and stability in the region.”
The SCO also sees challenges through the different interests and tensions between the member states, such as India and Pakistan, which only this year were involved in a violent conflict , as well as the ongoing border tension between China and India. The Indian Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh took part in the meeting in Qingdao, which has been the first visit to an Indian head of defense in China since a fatal border conflict in 2020
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