China to Host Russia, Iran for Nuclear Talks This Week

This combination of two images created on May 13, 2024 shows China's President Xi Jinping (L) during the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 10, 2024, and a pool photo distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik showing Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) meeting with commanders of units involved in the country's military action in Ukraine in Moscow on May 7, 2024. Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China this week on the invitation of leader Xi Jinping, Beijing's foreign ministry said May 14, 2024. Credit: GREG BAKER and Gavriil Gregorovi

According to Beijing’s foreign ministry, China will host Russia and Iran for trilateral discussions on Tehran’s nuclear programme on Friday.

“The three parties will exchange views on the Iranian nuclear issue and other issues of mutual interest,” a spokesperson for the foreign ministry stated on Wednesday.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov Sergey Alexeevich, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu will also be present at the meeting.

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Washington withdrew from the historic agreement that had placed restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for the lifting of sanctions during the first term of US President Donald Trump, which concluded in 2021.

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China to host Russia, Iran for nuclear talks this week. Credit: Global News

After Washington’s exit, Tehran complied with the 2015 agreement for a year before starting to pull out.

Since then, attempts to revive the agreement have failed.

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