During a bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping is committed to withholding military equipment to Iran and expressed a desire to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
As Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in China and agreed the Strait of Hormuz must stay open, Iran , one of Beijing's closest allies, is causing fresh chaos in the vital passageway.
President Trump said Thursday that Chinese President Xi Jinping committed to withholding military equipment from Iran during the bilateral meeting between the two leaders. “He said he’s not going to give military equipment. That’s a big statement. He said that today,” Trump told Fox News’s Sean Hannity in an interview. “He said that strongly, but at the…
US President Donald Trump signaled China is willing to support negotiations with Iran, as he pushes for a diplomatic resolution to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Trump is visiting his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
Iran is allowing some vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday following talks with Beijing ahead of President Trump's meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Beijing has different interests to the US in the Iran war, which may preclude any breakthrough during Trump's visit.
