Ahmad Amirabadi, the Chairman of Iran-China parliamentary friendship group, told IRNA on Sunday that strengthening ties with the East will make the US and other Western powers feel threatened, so the fear can push them towards retreating in the talks in Vienna, Austria, and lift anti-Iran sanctions.
In fact, it is a deadline to the West in negotiating with Iran in order to determined the fate of lifting sanctions as soon as possible, Amirabadi argued.
The Iranian lawmaker said that the Western powers have been against the Islamic Revolution from the get-go and they have tried to get in the way of expansion of ties between Iran and other countries.
The Europeans did not assist Iran in past eight years and they even helped the US impose sanctions on Iranians, he added.
Amirabadi went on to say that Iran's membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as well as strengthening ties with neighboring states such as Iraq, Turkmenistan, and Pakistan are in line with the strategy.
Moreover, the Islamic Republic holds talks with Saudi Arabia to find a way out of disagreements, he said, adding that Iran's ties with Qatar and Oman are also being improved.
Elsewhere in his remarks, the legislator said that the 25-year agreement will help boost regional coordination in Asia, noting that the deal will increase China's investment in Iran's transportation and military industry.
The US wants to destabilize Chinese and Iranian economies, so the existence of such an enemy can make Beijing and Tehran more determined to expand cooperation.
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