Xi Jinping invites Iranian President Raisi to China

This was reported by the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

According to Hua Chunying, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ebrahim Raisi will visit China at the invitation of Xi Jinping.

The state Iranian news agency IRNA published the details of the visit: Raisi will hold a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping, and the parties will sign a number of cooperation documents.

Raisi will take part in a joint meeting of businessmen of the two countries. During the visit, the Iranian president will be accompanied by several ministers.

Xi Jinping invited Ebrahim Raisi to Beijing in September 2022 for the Samarkand Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

IRNA notes that China is Iran's largest trading partner. The volume of Chinese imports from Iran in 2022 was $12.6 billion. Iran imported $12.7 billion worth of goods from China.

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