September 22nd, Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiaqun presided over a regular press conference.
Finnish reporters asked questions. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Boatman warned on Monday that under US sanctions, Iranian airlines will have difficulty operating globally. He said that starting tomorrow, all Iranian airlines' global routes will be suspended, and any country that provides services or fuel to Iranian airlines will be expelled from the US dollar system. What is the comment from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs? There are reports that some Iranian flights are scheduled to land in Guangzhou and Shanghai tomorrow. Will China continue to accept these Iranian flights?
Regarding this, Guo Jia-kun said: "China has always opposed illegal unilateral sanctions that lack any basis in international law and are not authorized by the United Nations Security Council."
According to previous reports, the conflict between the United States and Iran has reached a deadlock of 'no war, no peace'. The United States is attempting to use economic pressure to force Iran to make concessions. Reuters reported on August 30 that US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin threatened that the Treasury Department might announce new 'secondary sanctions' measures every week, aimed at increasing economic pressure on Iran.
When asked about whether the new sanctions involve China, Besent refused to give specific answers, stating that “many conversations are better conducted in private.” However, he explicitly requested that China provide the so-called “cooperation”.
