China will further deepen strategic partnership with Iran, uphold common interests and will continue with efforts to ensure regional and world peace. This is what the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted as saying by the state media in his country, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Wan said this during talks yesterday with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Safari, held on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (SCO)
"Iran has lost wonderful leaders and China has lost good friends and partners," Wang said, according to Xinhua news agency. "At this difficult hour, China stands firmly by its Iranian friends," he said, referring to the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday.