She refused to condemn the "strategic cooperation agreement" between Beijing and Tehran
Washington: We have common interests with China in the Iranian file
President Joe Biden's administration intends not to throw fuel on the fire.
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Yesterday, the United States stressed its common interests with China in the Iranian nuclear file, refusing to publicly denounce the "25-year strategic cooperation agreement" concluded by Beijing and Tehran last week.
A number of American conservative hawks saw in this agreement, which was signed by Beijing and Tehran last Saturday, as evidence of the emergence of a new axis against Washington.
Yesterday, the US State Department spokesman, Ned Price, said to reporters, "We will not comment on specific bilateral discussions," in a situation in which it appeared that President Joe Biden's administration intends not to throw oil on the fire in this file.
Price was keen to remind you that US sanctions on Iran are still "in effect", pending Washington and Tehran reaching an understanding that saves the international agreement concluded in 2015 on the Iranian nuclear file.
"We will deal with any attempt to circumvent these sanctions," Price said, without referring to the Iran-China agreement specifically.
"As you know, competition is what defines our relationship with China, but in some cases we have narrow areas of tactical alignment," he added.
"Iran just so happens to be one of them," he said.
China has demonstrated cooperation in efforts to contain the Iranian nuclear program.
And the American spokesman considered, "Beijing has absolutely no interest in seeing Iran develop a nuclear weapon, with the potentially destabilizing effect on a region China relies on."
Price stressed that the United States and China have common interests, at a time when the signatories to this agreement seek to find a way to save it.
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US sanctions on Iran are still "in effect."
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