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US sanctions over Iran oil will ‘intensify Mideast turmoil’: China
BEIJING, April 23, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – China warned Tuesday that the US
decision to impose sanctions on buyers of Iranian oil will “intensify
turmoil” in the Middle East and in the international energy market.
The White House announced Monday it was calling an end to six-month
waivers that had exempted several countries — including major importer China
— from unilateral US sanctions on Iranian oil exports.
“China firmly opposes the US implementation of unilateral sanctions and
its so-called long-armed jurisdiction,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng
Shuang said at a regular press briefing.
“The relevant move by the United States will intensify the turmoil in the
Middle East and the turmoil in the international energy market.”
In seeking to reduce Iran’s oil exports to zero, the Trump administration
is targeting the country’s top revenue earner in its latest no-holds-barred
move to crush the economy and scale back the clerical regime’s influence.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1509 hrs