Trump says he doesn’t need Xi’s help on Iran
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US President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold their first face-to-face talks in more than six months this week.
PHOTO: REUTERS
- US President Trump initially indicated he would discuss the Iran war with Xi Jinping but later denied it, claiming "Iran very much under control."
- Trump is visiting China amidst strained ties, expecting Beijing to use its influence to push Tehran for a deal to end the US-Israel war.
- The President confidently stated the US will win the war "one way or the other, peacefully or otherwise," ahead of his first China trip since 2017.
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WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said that he will have a long talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the war in Iran during his upcoming trip to China, but added that he does not think he needs Mr Xi’s help.
“I don’t think we need any help with Iran. We’ll win it one way or the other, peacefully or otherwise,” Mr Trump told reporters when departing the White House for China on May 12.
The leaders of the world’s two largest economies will hold their first face-to-face talks in more than six months as they try to stabilise ties strained by trade, the US and Israeli war with Iran and other areas of disagreement.
Mr Trump is in China amid an unresolved Iran war with diplomatic negotiations to end it at an impasse. Beijing maintains ties with Iran and remains a major consumer of its oil exports.
Mr Trump has been leaning on China to use its influence to push Tehran to make a deal with Washington and end the conflict that began when the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February.
The Republican President arrived in Beijing on May 13, ahead of talks set to take place on May 14 and 15. It is his first trip to China since 2017.
Mr Trump later told reporters: “We have a lot of things to discuss. I wouldn’t say Iran is one of them, to be honest with you, because we have Iran very much under control.” REUTERS
