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27 Mar, 5 tweets, 3 min read
#BREAKING Iran and China to sign 25-year economic, strategic cooperation pact Saturday: Tehran
#UPDATES Iran and China will sign a 25-year cooperation agreement, to include "political, strategic and economic" components, during a visit to the Iranian capital by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi
#UPDATE Iran and China are to sign a 25-year cooperation agreement later Saturday, Tehran's foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said, as the US rivals move closer together
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#BREAKING Iran-China sign '25-year strategic cooperation pact': AFP
#UPDATE Iran and China have signed a 25-year "strategic cooperation pact" in the latest expansion of Beijing's flagship trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative as the US rivals move closer together
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