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China refuses US order to reduce oil imports from Iran

An order made by the United States to reduce oil imports from Iran has been rejected by China, reports say.

According to Bloomberg news agency, which cited two officials familiar with the negotiations, Beijing, however, agreed not to increase purchases of Iran’s crude.

Recall that President Hassan Rouhani of Iran had earlier warned the US against any attempt to stop Tehran’s oil trade.

“The Americans say they want to reduce Iranian oil exports to zero … It shows they have not thought about its consequences,” Rouhani was quoted as saying by state news agency IRNA while on an official visit to Austria’s capital, Vienna, in July.

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“Iran will survive this round of US sanctions as it has survived them before,” Rouhani said, describing them as a “crime and aggression”.

President Donald Trump of the United States of America had also informed that he is willing to meet with Rouhani over Tehran’s oil ban without preconditions.

Trump made that much known in a Twitter post days ago during a joint White House news conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

 

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