Does “Trump 2” affect China-Iran relations?

According to Isna, as Trump himself has clearly announced in the days and weeks before the start of his new presideial term, issues such as China, the Middle East and Iran will be among the most importa issues of his governme’s foreign policy and a significa part of his foreign policy. His governme will focus on these issues.

As two independe couries, China and Iran, considering their national ierests, it is natural that each of them will adopt their own independe policies and approaches towards the policies and approaches of the new American governme. Each of these two couries will try to take the path of constructive ieraction with mutual respect and win-win ierests while maiaining equal conditions with the new US governme if they see a change in the behavior of the new US governme. Considering the complete independence of both Iran and China, any relations they have with the United States will not be against the ierests of the other side, and according to the emphasis and agreeme of the heads of the two couries, the path of strengthening the strategic relations between Iran and China, regardless of any relations they have with the United States or any The other coury will coinue and the strategic relations and historical friendship of the two couries will never be affected by third and external factors.

According to China’s CGTN0 report, Trump’s phone call and detailed conversation with Chinese Preside Xi Jinping, which took place just three days before the inauguration of the new US preside, indicates that Trump #2 attaches special importance to the issue of China. and issues related to commercial, economic, technological, political and iernational cooperation between the two great powers of the East and the West. It seems that he has learned a lot of lessons from his first term as preside, as well as during the four-year term of Joe Biden’s presidency, on how to deal with a great power like China, and maybe in the new term, he was at least some approaches. It is not constructive for the United States to correct China because the experience of the past years has taught it that unilateralism and hegemony, at least against a power like China, will not lead to favorable results.

Also, in an ierview with the American NBC media, Masoud Mezkiyan, the Preside of the Republic of Iran, a few days before the start of Trump’s presidency and of course before his rece importa trip to Russia, which led to the signing of a comprehensive long-term strategic agreeme between Tehran and Moscow, expressed his desire Iran spoke under specific conditions for a dialogue with the new American governme and announced its message to the new American governme through this ierview. While expressing concern about the history of the Americans in fulfilling their commitmes, he said: “Nevertheless, we are ready to talk; We accept an equal dialogue, taking io accou our dignity and wisdom, and we will not submit to force in any way.

Also, recely, the European think tank “Middle East Political Economic Institute” has claimed in a report that “Donald Trump has expressed his ieion to participate in comprehensive negotiations with Iran in an early message to Tehran.” In this message se to Tehran through Oman, Trump has expressed hope that it is possible to reach a new and differe agreeme from the JCPOA agreeme in 2015. He has also announced that Washington is firmly determined to impleme and realize such an agreeme.

In addition, more than a moh ago, Iran started a new round of talks with the European Union focusing on nuclear issues with the aim of lifting sanctions.

In any case, it seems that the curre governme of Iran, led by doctors, is more willing to talk with America than all the previous governmes of this coury, the reasons for which will be meioned in the rest of this article.

The numerous and unprecedeed eves that occurred in the Middle East region over the past year, including the assassination of a number of leaders of the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups, including Ismail Haniyeh and Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, the first members of the Hamas and Hezbollah movemes, the establishme of a governme inclined to The West in Lebanon, the fall of the governme of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, the coinuation of illegal US sanctions and the difficult economic conditions of Iran and the further decrease in the value of the coury’s national currency have caused Iran to be under difficult conditions more than ever in the past and more willing to Negotiating with the United States with the main goal of canceling sanctions.

On the other hand, Trump, who has now eered the White House with more experience and learning in his second term as preside, is well aware of Iran’s position, influence and power in the region and the importance of Iran’s geopolitical position in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region as The military and missile power of the region is one of the largest energy poles in the world and one of the most importa strategic partners of China and Russia as the two undeniable powers of the East, and for this reason, it is unlikely to go towards dangerous options for Iran; Because its consequences can be painful for American ierests at least in the Middle East region.

On the other hand, after signing a comprehensive strategic agreeme with Russia, which was carried out during the visit of Masoud Mezikian to Moscow last week, Iran took another big step forward in strengthening its strategic relations with Russia.

Also, Iran has signed a 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreeme with China, and it is considered one of the most importa markets for China’s export destinations in the Middle East region, while Iran’s oil resources are also very attractive to China.

Due to having a long coastline with the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of ​​Oman, Iran has complete corol over the Strait of Hormuz waterway as the most importa artery of the economic life of the couries of the Persian Gulf and the place where most of the exported oil of these couries passes to various destinations in the world. And this importa thing makes all the couries whose economies benefit from this strategic path, including the Persian Gulf couries, China and Russia, and even European couries, using various diplomatic, political, economic and commercial tools. Membership in the UN Security Council and veto rights preve any uoward incide against Iran.

China’s successful diplomatic action in 2023 and its mediation between Iran and Saudi Arabia, which led to the removal of ambiguities and the resumption of friendly relations between Tehran and Riyadh, can be seen in the same line as the need to de-escalate the Middle East region with the aim of removing the black cloud of threats from the sky. He evaluated the ierests of couries and great powers in this region.

China, which has established its basic policies in relations with differe couries of the world based on win-win relations in the shadow of mutual respect, common destiny and common developme, is still on the path of coinuing efforts to develop mutual commercial and economic cooperation with differe couries of the world based on The principle of common developme and common destiny moves for all humanity and is well aware that security and stability are the most importa prerequisites for achieving great commercial and economic goals.

In any case, regardless of any developme in the future of Iran-US relations and any outcome in the process of possible negotiations between Tehran and Washington during the Trump administration, there will be no change in the basic principles and elemes of Iran’s foreign policy. Although the direction of Iran’s foreign policy is determined by the governme and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible for its implemeation, decisions and policies are made at a higher level than the governme and by the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran. will be

One of the most importa basic principles of Iran’s foreign policy, which has been emphasized and ordered many times by the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the “Look East” approach; An approach whose major and significa part is related to Iran’s extensive economic, commercial, cultural and political relations with China, and at the same time, it does not negate the strengthening of relations with the West with respect and mutual benefits.

On the other hand, China, as the world’s leading power in the field of industry and technology, is Iran’s largest trading partner by a long distance from the amou of trade relations of other couries with Iran; In addition, Iran considers itself committed to the implemeation of various clauses of the 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreeme with China, and in addition, it is ierested in making a greater coribution to the joi construction of the “Belt and Road” project with China, a project that has long-standing relations with China. The history of Iran and China is not a new issue and once in the past, it was one of the most importa cultural and commercial links between the two couries in the form of the “Silk Road”.

It should not be forgotten that there is no dark spot in the history of the long-standing relations between Iran and China; Relationships as old as history, as the owner of the oldest and richest history and civilization of the world, page by page of the thick book of relations between the two couries, tells about friendships and cooperation with mutual respect.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi, who made an importa trip to Beijing not long ago on the eve of the new year and the arrival of the Chinese Spring Festival, wrote in an article describing the importance of this trip and his coury’s relations with China: “The next golden half ceury of Iran’s relations and China” will show that this trip is the beginning of a new chapter of strategic cooperation between the two couries, especially when in the style of Chinese wise men: “Actions speak louder than words.”

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