Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, left Beijing on Monday for a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Xi's trip is at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK. This is his first state visit to the DPRK in seven years.
Xi's entourage includes his wife Peng Liyuan, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, and Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and foreign minister.
Xi leaves for state visit to DPRK
Xi leaves for state visit to DPRK
Xi leaves for state visit to DPRK
Iran on Sunday warned the United States against treating its overseas assets as "war booty" or using them to compensate the U.S. allies in the region, saying any such move would be unacceptable and could trigger consequences.
In a social media post, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi responded to reports that the United States might tap into blocked Iranian assets to compensate allies for damages incurred in recent conflicts.
He described such a move as "unacceptable," stressing that Iran's assets are state property.
Gharibabadi said that the United States, as a main party to military actions against Iran, should bear its own responsibility and that of its allies in the current regional conflicts, and countries in the region that provided territory or facilities for attacks on Iran have no right to demand compensation.
He also warned that any seizure, transfer or reallocation of Iran's assets without the government consent would be considered as a new internationally wrongful act and could lead to corresponding consequences.
Iran warns US not to treat its assets as "war booty"
