Trump dismisses China friction over Iran war, touts Xi ties before Beijing summit
US halts Hormuz escort mission, says Beijing is not pushing back as Xi talks loom
ublished: 3:45am, 6 May 2026Updated: 7:21am, 6 May 2026
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected suggestions that China has challenged his administration over the Iran war, highlighting his “very good relationship” with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of their planned summit next week.
China’s foreign minister holds talks with Iranian counterpart
Abbas Araghchi’s trip to Beijing comes ahead of Trump’s visit to China
Diyar Güldoğan
06 May 2026•Update: 06 May 2026
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing, China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.
Araghchi’s visit came ahead of US President Donald Trump’s scheduled summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 14-15 amid tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, which remains blocked.
[1/2] BEIJING, CHINA – MAY 6: (—-EDITORIAL USE ONLY – MANDATORY CREDIT – ‘IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / HANDOUT’ – NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS—-) Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi in Beijing, China on May 6, 2026.
This marks Araghchi’s first in-person meeting with his Chinese counterpart since the US and Israel launched strikes against Iran on Feb. 28. The two have held several phone calls during the conflict.
A separate Washington Post investigation found that, even after the U.S. imposed its blockade, Iranian oil continued moving through covert ship-to-ship transfers near Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago. According to the Post, at least 13 tankers transferred roughly 22 million barrels of Iranian oil, worth more than $2 billion, after the blockade began.
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