Ebrahim Raisi and Xi Jinping are set to discuss implementing their 25-year cooperation alliance
, a Eurasian political, economic, and security organization. The body, which formed in 2001 as the Shanghai Five, brought together Russia, China, and ex-Soviet states in Central Asia. It expanded in 2017 to include India and Pakistan. In September last year, Iran signed a memorandum to join the organization. The group aims to operate as a counterweight to Western influence and is the world’s largest regional organization.
China is already Iran’s largest trading partner but invested just $162 million in the first year of Raisi’s presidency. Still, China remains Iran’s largest trading partner.
Also on the agenda is Iran’s relations with Arab governments. At the end of last year, Tehran summoned China’s ambassador in Iran after Beijing joined the Gulf Cooperation Council in issuing a statement that questioned Iran’s territorial claims in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran expressedduring the visit. While some may expect the issue to be discussed in Beijing, Arshin Adib-Moghaddam thinks it will be strategically avoided.
He said that the nations will likely “keep the GCC factor out of their bilateral relationship, as they are aware that their interests do not have to align on every geopolitical theater.”
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