Washington hopes Beijing will help open the Strait of Hormuz, the foreign minister said
The United States plans to persuade China to pressure Iran to make an agreement in the Middle East conflict, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said before the meeting between the leaders of the two countries in Beijing.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to hold talks on Thursday, with discussions expected to include the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and the Taiwan issue, among other topics.
“It’s in their best interest to resolve this,” Rubio told Fox News host Sean Hannity aboard Air Force One en route to China. “We hope to convince them to take a bigger role in getting Iran to move away from what they are doing now and trying to do now in the Persian Gulf,” he added.
Rubio said that helping the US will ultimately benefit China’s export-oriented economy.
“The economy is melting because of this crisis in the Straits. They will be buying less Chinese goods and China’s exports will drop sharply,” Rubio said.
China has condemned the war against Iran as illegal according to international law. Beijing has also dismissed US sanctions targeting Chinese oil refineries and satellite companies accused of helping Tehran. In response to the restrictions, China ordered domestic businesses not to comply with the restrictions.
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