HISTÓRICO: Eurásia cinge núcleo China-Irã, US$600 bi em acordos, países amigos há 2.000 anos.
President Xi Jinping’s visit to Iran – the first by a Chinese leader in 14 years – has resulted in 17 agreements being signed between the two countries, with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani saying this opens a new chapter in their relations. The negotiations between Rouhani and his Chinese counterpart ended Saturday with the signing of 17 accords and agreements, including a number aimed at creating a modern version of the ancient Silk Road trade route, as well as cooperation in developing peaceful nuclear energy. International sanctions imposed on the Islamic republic were lifted on January 16, after Iran fulfilled key aspects of a deal signed with global powers. “The important visit by… President Xi Jinping… marks an important, historic event and I am sure that a new chapter has started in relations between Iran and China,” Iranian media outlet Press TV cited President Rouhani as saying.
. Xi Jinping also praised a new “prospect in relations between the two countries” that would serve “regional and global peace.” Beijing is seeking “strategic ties with Iran,” particularly in the energy market, the Chinese president said, as quoted by Press TV. A top oil consumer, China continued to buy Iranian crude even after international sanctions targeting Tehran’s energy sector were introduced, according to Press TV. “We are happy that President Xi visited Iran after the lifting of sanctions ... Iran and China have agreed to increase trade to $600 billion in the next 10 years,” Reuters cited President Rouhani as saying during a televised news conference. As of 2014, transactions between Tehran and Beijing amounted to $52 billion. “Iran and China have agreed on forming strategic relations (as) reflected in a 25-year comprehensive document,” Rouhani also said, mentioning countering “terrorism and extremism in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen” as among the most burning issues. The Chinese president is set to meet with Iran’s spiritual leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, later on Saturday. China’s leader is on a Middle East tour that started on January 19, having already visited Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
. Goal Miss, do you think that if we look at the cooperation between Iran and China and, of course, also on the cooperation between Russia, China and Iran. Do you think that we are looking at the emergence of a new global paradigm? As I said Ricardo, if you look at what is happening not so much as a situation where one entity that has full control over the other, in his opinion, less strong form, but more like a partnership. Do you think that strategically, politically, the situation is changing due to global destinations, by the steps which, as we can see, China is now doing?
CAROL GOL, a journalist engaged in independent investigations: Yes, I think so. And as I said before, what happened this weekend with the signing of 17 trade agreements worth $ 600 billion, it is very important. It is more significant than previously thought. As I said, China now needs help. The country's economy is experiencing very rapid growth. And as noted by Scott, the European market, the UK market, the United States did not bring enough revenue to China because these countries are faced with many challenges. And Scott said, there is a possibility of another bankruptcy of a number of western banks or a new collapse, in 2008. So, I think this is a strategic alliance between Iran, China and Russia, based on trade rather than military might, is now a very important factor . And if, I hope this association will develop and create favorable for all three countries, the situation in the trade, especially for Iran, because Iran has for decades suffered from the sanctions. If there is an opportunity to restore trade due to any possible areas: agriculture, technology, manufacturing, this opens the way for the conclusion of new alliances. And as I said, we must ensure that what is happening in the United States. This is a very important period.
Eurásia lança novo paradigma de relações: comércio e paz, ao invés de guerras e chantagens dos EUA.
Press TV has interviewed Mike Billington, a member of the Executive Intelligence Review in Leesburg, to discuss the remarks made by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, slamming the US-led coalition formed with the alleged aim of targeting terrorists in the Middle East, saying Washington has never been honest about its motives.
The following is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: Let’s start off with the significance of what has taken place today with at least I believe 17 different agreements being inked in Tehran with the Chinese delegation - the significance of all of this as for as Iran-China ties? Billington: Well I think the two issues, the question of the Chinese visit and the question of Ayatollah [Khamenei’s] comments about Obama’s duplicity in his so-called war on terrorism are directly connected. China of course has had very close relations with Iran all along despite having to abide by certain sanctions, so they are going to expend relations now but it is most important that they visited Saudi Arabia first who also sells most of its oil to the Chinese and has China as its major trade representative.
So it is clear although this is not in the public news, it is clear that what Xi Jinping has done in the context of the new paradigm put together by China and the BRICS countries opposed to the destructive policy and the financial collapse now sweeping the Western world, that Xi Jinping is basically telling the Saudis and the Wahhabi crowd that they cannot continue the British instigation of permanent Sunni Shia warfare and attacks on Iran, that they have to abandon the war policy of Obama and the British and go towards collaboration with all the nations of the Middle East on real development, development that is actually being put forward by the Chinese and their collaborators in the BRICS nations. So this is a major game changer. It is a very important intervention by Xi Jinping and on the other issue of America’s falseness on the issue of terrorism. Mr. Putin has intervened very forcefully in Syria to expose the fact that Ayatollah Khamenei is exactly right that Obama was not fighting terrorism but that as in fact our own military leadership, the head of our Defense Intelligence Agency General Michael Flynn has exposed precisely what Ayatollah [Khamenei] said which was that Obama in Libya and in Syria are not in the least bit interest that are fighting terrorism. In fact his explicit policy has been to ally with terrorist organizations in order to achieve his objective which is regime change, regime change against secular leaders, as Bush did against Saddam Hussein and as Obama has with Gaddafi and is trying to do with Assad to basically leave countries in the hands of warring terrorist factions spurring the Sunni Shia and permanent warfare policy, treating the Middle East as a cockpit for their intended confrontation and war with Russia and even with China. So what Putin and Xi Jinping have done is crucial. This is what Mr. LaRouche has identified as the new paradigm capable of reversing the current dissent in the global economic chaos and probable world war.
