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YAY! Rapin' Nappin' Golfin' Bombin' Grampy got a PINKY SWEAR from Xi to not provide military equipment from Iran! USA! [View all]
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-china-visit-xi-meeting-hnk?post-id=cmp5rwrte00003b66d2rq5ka22 hr 56 min ago
Trump says Xi pledged not to provide Iran with military equipment
Alejandra Jaramillo
By Alejandra Jaramillo
President Donald Trump said Thursday that Xi Jinping vowed during Beijing talks to not provide military equipment to Iran.
“He said he’s not going to give them military equipment. That’s a big statement. He said that today,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity in an interview clip, adding that Xi “said that strongly.”
However, Trump said Xi also emphasized China’s economic ties to Iran, particularly oil purchases. China buys “a lot of their oil” from Iran, Trump said, adding that Xi told him, “they’d like to keep doing that.”
Trump reiterated that Xi said he would like to see the Strait of Hormuz reopened, recounting the conversation: “He joked, he said, ‘you know, they stopped it, then you stopped them.’” The Chinese leader expressed frustration over reports that Iran was charging tolls for passage through the strait, Trump added.
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