including China’s Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) Hong Kong International experts point out that the U.S. move to force China to participate in sanctions against Iran containment, China will not bow to U.S. pressure.
U.S. State Department announced on 12 gasoline exports to Iran of Chinese enterprises in Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company sanctions. Zhenrong position 13 in Beijing that the United States to the company with International experts point out that the U.S. move to force China to participate in sanctions against Iran containment, China will not bow to U.S. pressure.
U.S. State Department had announced that, on three business dealings with Iran sanctions against foreign companies. Three companies are Asian companies, including China’s Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company, Kuo Oil Pte in Singapore and the UAE FAL Oil Co. Ltd.. The United States believes that Iran, Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company is the largest oil supplier, long-term export gasoline to Iran. According to sanctions, the three companies will be unable to obtain U.S. export licenses, the U.S. Export-Import Bank financing and financial institutions from the United States over $ 10 million in loans.
Zhen Rong Company:
continue cooperation with Iran
Headquartered in Beijing, Zhuhai Zhen Rong Company 13, said this morning that the U.S. allegations are completely groundless, the sanctions even more baffling. Company spokesman Zheng Mei said the U.S. sanctions Zhenrong on the grounds that export gasoline to Iran, but the company had never exported to Iran, even a ton of gasoline, has never been in this business, the company did carry out some of the energy business with Iran contacts, but the main crude oil imports from Iran.
Zhenrong said, the United States have long Zhenrong blacklisted, but the company’s business with Iran fully comply with the Convention on International Trade, the company imports oil from Iran, the business remains as usual. The United States that sanctions do not apply to China, the company did not have any effect. On the sanctions mentioned in the Any business with any U.S. cooperation projects.
Chinese Foreign Ministry said the note of relevant reports. Spokesman Liu Weimin said earlier, be affected.
Scholar: China will not succumb to U.S. intentions
Well-known expert on international issues, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, Major General Xu Guangyu acceptance Ta Kung Pao interview that the U.S. move is the situation around Iran’s political card to play. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner just concluded visit to China, to persuade China to participate in sanctions against Iran. The sanctions against Chinese companies also engage in a little trick.
Xu Guangyu said that this time the United States and Japan and South Korea to participate actively lobbying the European sanctions against Iran, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also went to the U.S. Iran, the interests of the game will continue for some time. China will not succumb to U.S. intentions, according to the national interest to carry out economic and trade exchanges with Iran.
Mei Xinyu, researcher at the Ministry of Commerce also believes that China has no reason to blindly follow the United States initiated economic sanctions against Iran. China and Iran, all economic and trade exchanges between the international norms are based on legal transactions, no violations of the law. And sanctions against Iran can only exacerbate tensions in the Gulf region, pushing up the risk of war, China as a responsible big country will not do so. (
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