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Trump advisers step up their calls on China to help open Strait of Hormuz ahead of Beijing summit
U.S. officials say China can use its leverage over Iran as Beijing weighs the strait and a U.N. vote before Trump meets Xi.
- White House officials are pressing China to use its influence with Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz ahead of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping's summit in Beijing.
- On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Chinese officials to use Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's visit to Beijing on Wednesday to press Tehran, warning that "what you are doing in the strait is causing you to be globally isolated."
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and the administration levied sanctions on a major China-based refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies transporting Iranian oil, targeting Beijing as the biggest purchaser of Iranian crude.
- Diplomatic efforts are underway to persuade China to abstain from vetoing a U.S.-backed United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at reopening the strait, after China and Russia vetoed an earlier resolution last month.
- Broader tensions persist over Taiwan: President Trump announced a $11.1 billion arms sale to the island in December, and Secretary of State Rubio confirmed Taiwan will likely feature in the upcoming summit talks.
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The US Secretary of State notes that Iran's blockade of shipping lanes is also harming the Chinese economy. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on China to directly convey to Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is in Beijing, that continued hostility in Hormuz will lead to Tehran's global isolation. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing CNN. Read also: Trump Suspends Project Freedom for Ships to Pass Through the Strait of Hormuz…
Top Trump advisers urge China to assist in reopening Strait of Hormuz
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have both expressed a need for China to leverage its tight relations with Tehran to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz for “their own interests”.
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