25 May 2021
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On Monday, Xi Jinping called up Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Xi kicked things off with some boilerplate expressions of goodwill in honor of 50 years of China-Iran relations (Xinhua):
“China attaches great importance to its relationship with Iran, and is willing to…strengthen cooper...
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