Asadollah Asgaroladi, head of the Iran-China chamber of commerce, was quoted as saying that Chinese banks “did not open letters of credit for Iranian traders during the past week.”
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When we look back in years to come, we will realise this to be a very important event.
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It has been quite difficult to get the Chinese to fall in with the rest of the world.
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Obviously Russia does not want Iran out of the NPT, because of all the investments it has made in Bushehr NPP. But there are quite a few people there, that are not too pleased with Lavrov.
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