Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), had lodged a formal protest with the UN, accusing five Middle Eastern countries of allowing the United States to use their territory and airspace for military strikes against Iran, according to Iranian media reports on Thursday.
In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the UN Security Council, Iravani strongly protested against the U.S. use of the territory and airspace of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
Iran strongly demands that these countries adhere to the principle of good-neighborliness and prevent their territory and airspace from continuing to be used for U.S. military operations against Iran, he said.
Iran files UN protest against US using territory of five Arab states in attacks
Iran files UN protest against US using territory of five Arab states in attacks
Iran files UN protest against US using territory of five Arab states in attacks
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met with European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security Maros Sefcovic on Friday in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral economic and trade relations.
He, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said China always attaches high importance to growing its economic and trade ties with the European Union (EU) and stands ready to work with the European side to fully implement the important consensus reached by leaders of the two sides.
He called on the two sides to give full play to the role of the China-EU trade and investment consultation mechanism, uphold the new positioning of China and the EU as each other's stable and balanced key trading partners, maintain ongoing dialogue, properly handle differences, and advance the sound and steady development of bilateral economic and trade relations.
Sefcovic stated that China is an important economic and trade partner of the EU. The EU is ready to continue advancing the trade and investment consultation, step up communication and jointly promote cooperation, he added.
Chinese vice premier meets European commissioner for trade, economic security
