President Raeisi: Iran, China have common positions on countering unilateralism

President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran and China have similar views on fighting unilateralism at the international level.

According to Press TV, President Raeisi made the remarks while speaking to reporters before leaving Tehran for Beijing on Monday on a state visit to China.

He said both countries are members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and this membership helped them have close ties with countries in the region and elsewhere in Asia.

He added that the SCO membership has finalized Iran’s connection to regional infrastructure and has provided Tehran with a good ground to cement its relations with Asian countries, including China.

“We have good global and international contacts and have common positions with China on countering unilateralism and [maintaining our] political independence,” Iran’s president said.

“These [common] positions have brought us closer together and we have good cooperation with China in political and economic areas as well as with regard to various issues at regional and global levels,” President Raeisi added.

“The two countries’ potentialities for the promotion of relations, especially in the fields of trade, have been ignored and, unfortunately, we are facing a major lag in this regard,” Iran’s president said.

“Countries like China and Iran enjoy many potentialities and as two independent countries, they have common interests in the region and the world and can further expand their relations. Therefore, we must make up for the lag that has so far existed with respect to China,” Raeisi added.

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