Former Canadian diplomat Guy Saint-Jacques said he sees Cong Peiwu’s new job as a promotion because of the ‘closer and closer alignment’ between Iran, China and Russia
Cong Peiwu attends a news conference for a small group of reporters at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa in November, 2019.
The state-controlled Tehran Times reported Sunday that Mr. Cong arrived in Iran’s capital last Friday as both countries seek to deepen ties. “China holds the position of being Iran’s primary trading ally. Both nations face varying degrees of unlawful sanctions imposed by the United States,” the newspaper noted.
China has increasingly helped Russia and Iran weather sanctions imposed by the West and Tehran has become a big buyer of Chinese surveillance equipment. Vina Nadjibulla, vice-president of research and strategy at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, said Mr. Cong will find the job in Iran very different from Canada. Relations between Beijing and Ottawa remain stalled but co-operation between China and Iran is booming.
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