China's elite Peking University on Wednesday awarded Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi the title of 'honorary professor' during an official state visit.
, during which both sides affirmed close economic and political ties and their rejection of Western standards of human rights and democracy.
FILE: In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, visiting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, right, walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after reviewing an honor guard during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. The bulk of the China-Iran joint statement emphasized strong political and economic ties, the quest for peace and justice in theIn a meeting earlier with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Raisi expressed support for China's crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong and claim to self-ruling democratic Taiwan.China and Iran portray themselves, alongside Moscow, as counterweights to American power, and have given tacit, and in Iran's case, material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"China supports Iran in safeguarding national sovereignty" and"resisting unilateralism and bullying," Xi said in a statement carried by Chinese state TV on its website. Xi and Raisi attended the signing of 20 cooperation agreements including on trade and tourism, the Chinese government announced. Those add to a 25-year strategy agreement signed in 2021 to cooperate in developing oil, industry and other fields.Iran has struggled for years under trade and financial sanctions imposed by Washington and other Western governments. The U.S. government cut off Iran's access to the network that connects global banks in 2018.
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