A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry called on Friday in a statement published after the meeting in Beijing between President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, to reopen the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as possible” and to “not close the door to dialogue” on Iran. Early this morning, Trump said that Xi and he share a “very similar” vision on how to end the conflict in the Middle East. “We talked about Iran. We have a very similar opinion about Iran. We want it to end and we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon and we want the Strait of Hormuz to be open,” Trump said. Meanwhile, representatives from Israel and Lebanon will meet again this Friday in Washington, after a first day of negotiations that the U.S., acting as mediator, described as “productive.”
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Expansion | Trump to Xi, on the war in Iran: “We feel the same, right? We want this to end”
Brief, intense, and “historic” visit, according to those involved, although without many announced agreements. U.S. President Donald Trump is already aboard Air Force One to return to the United States. But this Friday, before leaving, he took advantage of a relaxed conversation with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during the third and final day of his visit to China, to express his concern about the issue that probably keeps him awake the most: Iran. “We feel the same, right? We want this to end. We don’t want them to have nuclear weapons. We want the strait to be open,” he told him in a meeting of the two leaders in Zhongnanhai, the Chinese government headquarters.
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Beijing calls to reopen Hormuz “as soon as possible” and to “not close the door to dialogue” on Iran
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China has called to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible and keep the “door to dialogue” open on Iran, after its president, Xi Jinping, and the U.S. president, Donald Trump, addressed the situation in the Middle East during their meeting in Beijing. “The door to dialogue, once opened, must not be closed again,” said a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry in a statement, defending that the parties must consolidate the current “trend of détente” and maintain the path of a political solution. “This war, which should not have happened, has no need to continue,” the Foreign Ministry said, adding that finding a way out benefits both the United States and Iran. (Efe)
Trump says Xi and he share a “similar” vision on ending the war in Iran
U.S. President Donald Trump said before having lunch with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, that both share a “very similar” vision on how to end the conflict in Iran, which the United States and Israel started at the end of February and which led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Tehran. “We talked about Iran. We have a very similar opinion about Iran. We want it to end and we don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon and we want the strait to be open,” Trump said in a meeting in Zhongnanhai, the complex near Beijing’s Forbidden City that houses the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC, ruling). (Efe)
Good morning. Here begins the live narration of the latest on the conflict in the Middle East this Friday. The President of the United States, Donald Trump, continues his official visit to China, where he has met with President Xi Jinping. After the meeting, Trump said that his Chinese counterpart supports the need for an agreement to end the war in Iran and has offered his help: Xi also assured him that China will not send weapons to the Iranian republic, the Republican added. Both leaders are scheduled to hold a second meeting this Friday. The third round of negotiations in Washington for a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon also continues throughout the day.
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