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According to the latest data of the Customs Administration of Iran, in the first four months of this year (20.03 to 21.07.12) the volume of trade between Iran and China decreased by 2.7% to over $ 3.7 billion, Iran News reports, referring to ISNA.Exports of Iran to China fell by 11% to $2.6 billion, and legal imports from China increased by 4% to $2.1 billion.
The Pentagon is creating a new intelligence agency that will focus on Iran and China as it begins to pivot away from war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse cites The New York Times as saying.
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov plans to visit Turkey on February 29, Trend reports.Turkey has invited the re-elected president to make his first visit to Ankara. The fact demonstrates traditional interstate partnership of Turkey and Turkmenistan.
Sergey Rogov: “Competition with China rather than with Russia dominates in the current foreign policy of the USA”
Tomorrow Turkmenistan will hold presidential elections. Eight candidates are running for the presidency
The head of the Iranian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Asadolla Asgarouladi, saidthat in 2011 trade turnover between the two countries will exceed 40billion dollars during his speech at the conference "InvestmentOpportunities in Iran" at a Beijing shopping center, Iran News reports.Asgarouladi noted that this figure could even exceed 42 billion dollars.Asgarouladi also said that the volume of trade between Iran and China isexpected to amount to 100 billion dollars.
Iran and China are holding talks devoted to possible Chinese investment in the construction of the liquefied gas producing plant in Iranian Assaluya, Iran News reports.The news agency also said that Iran is planing to become the world's largest producer of liquefied gas by 2015.
The Islamic Republic of Iran and China have emphasized on the importance of bolstering bilateral cooperation to counter common security threats, Press TV reports. Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili and Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu held talks in the central Russian city of Yekaterinburg on Wednesday concerning bilateral security cooperation and the latest developments in the region.
Despite Western efforts to reduce trade volume between Iran and China,Beijing has increased imports of Iranian oil, as proven by recentstatistics, IRNA reports referring to the Chinese oil company"Sinopec".In 2011, the Sinopec company imports daily from Iran up to 90,000barrels of light oil, which is approximately 40% more than comparedwith the same period last year.According to Chinese customs administration, the exchange of oil andpetroleum products between China and Iran has grown significantly
The Iranian Ambassador to China, Mahdi Safari, says commercial transactions between Tehran and Beijing are growing, so that total trade turnover could exceed $40 billion by the middle of March 2012, Press TV reports.“Trade ties between Iran and China exceeded $21 billion in the first six months of 2011,” Safari said in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Tuesday.
Khossein Kakheri, head of the group for development of economiccooperation of Iran and China, said that trade turnover between thetwo states increased from $200 million to $30 billion in 1991-2011.Oil exports increased from $170 million in 1998 and reached $575
Masoud Rahnema, Deputy Minister of Roads and Transport of Iran andhead of the Iranian company for construction and development oftransport infrastructure, said in an interview with IRNA that Iran andChina have signed an agreement on joint realization of 9 projects,which include construction of 5,000 km of railroads.Masoud Rahnema visited Beijing. He said that realization of theproject will cost approximately $12 billion, News.am reports.
The Washington Post reported on a new shift in the story of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Iranian state TV said Friday it will air new footage of her. The channel said the 43-year-old Ashtiani, who remains in prison in the city of Tabriz, was accompanied by her son, Sajjad Qaderzadeh, to her home for the filming of the latest footage. Iran has put Ashtiani's stoning sentence on hold amid pressure from rights groups, but has said she has also been convicted of involvement in the death of her husband.
The Los Angeles Times published an article concerning relations between Iran and China, which are currently at a high point, and the territorial issues in the Persian Gulf. According to the author, Iranviews China as its key strategic partner and shield against harsh international scrutiny when it comes to its nuclear program. However, it didn't take long for Iranians to raise hackles of protest after organizers of the 16th Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China, referred to the Persian Gulf, the stretch of water separating Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, as the "Arabian Gulf."
The American media expectedly pays more attention to Iran.
