China, Iran discussing currency swaps
The mechanism envisages payments in yuan to suppliers of commodities and services to Iran in return for the oil that Beijing purchases from Tehran, Iran’s media reported on Sunday. Majid-Reza Hariri, the deputy head of Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce, has been quoted by the media as saying that the…
Iran, China stress political settlement of Syrian crisis
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed political settlement of Syrian crisis, China Foreign Ministry’s website quoted the two diplomats. According to the China Foreign Ministry’s website, Zarif and Wang Yi held a meeting in New York on Thursday, one day ahead of the…