Washington DC: United States and China have agreed that \u201cIran can\u2019t have nuclear weapons,\u201d and that the Strait of Hormuz must be opened, according to US President Donald Trump. President Trump met with his Chinese conterpart XI Jinping during his three-day state visit to China, where he discussed the ongoing West Asia conflict, and other regional issues.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One following his departure from China, President Trump asserted that the US controls the Strait of Hormuz, while emphasising Iran has been hit with 500 million dollars of loss per day in the past two and half weeks due to US\u2019 naval blockade in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have a lot of respect for him. On Iran, he feels strongly that they can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon\u2013said that very strongly, they can\u2019t have a nuclear weapon\u2013and he wants them to open up the strait. But as he said, they close it and you close them. And it\u2019s true, we (US) control the strait, and they (Iran) have done no business in the last two and a half weeks, which is approximately 500 million dollars a day,\u201d said President Trump.<\/p>\n
President Trump further stated Chinese President Xi Jinping does not want to see a \u201cfight for independence\u201d in Taiwan because that would be a very strong confrontation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a great stay; it was an amazing period of time. President Xi is an incredible guy. President Xi and I talked a lot about Taiwan. He thinks they cannot have anything to do with what they\u2019re doing. He\u2019s very much against what they\u2019re doing. We talked about Taiwan and we talked about Iran a lot, and I think we have a very good understanding on both. On Taiwan, he does not want to see a fight for independence because that would be a very strong confrontation. I heard him out. I didn\u2019t make a comment on it, but I heard him out. I have a lot of respect for him,\u201d Trump added.<\/p>\n
Trump said that even though he did not say anything about it, Xi had brought it up.<\/p>\n
Trump, in his gaggle with the press on Air Force One, was asked about the 1982 assurances former US President Ronald Reagan gave that the United States would not consult with China on arms sales to Taiwan, and if he consulted with them.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cI think 1982 is a long way away. It was a big, far distance. I didn\u2019t say anything about it, but he brought that up. He talked about that being an issue, obviously. So, what am I going to do\u2013say I don\u2019t want to talk to you about it because I have an agreement that was signed in 1982? No, we discussed arms sales too. We discussed Taiwan in great detail, actually. And I\u2019ll be making a decision. The last thing we need right now is a war that\u2019s 9,500 miles away. We\u2019re doing very well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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