“Other than condemning the US strikes on Iran, Beijing can be expected to continue treading cautiously in the Middle East’s security issues and would not want to be dragged into the region’s security challenges.
Iran’s defence minister will likely discuss with China the supply of weapons but I doubt China would agree. It would be seen as provocative by both Israel and, even more important for China, the US, with which Beijing is trying to stabilise relations”.
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is interviewed by AFP and quoted in the article “China hosts Iran, Russia defence ministers against backdrop of ‘turmoil'” on France 24.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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