The president of Iran’s chamber of commerce, Muhammad Nahavendian, told the assistant to the Mayor of Shanghai that the long-term of energy supply to China by Iran would be conditional on China maintaining long-term strategic cooperation with Iran. He said that the geographic location of Iran could facilitate the sale of Chinese products to Iran’s neighbors, including Asia Minor, Iraq and Afghanistan.
[The newspaper did not spell out the nature of the strategic cooperation that Iran is seeking from China.]
Source: al-Vefagh, Iran, May 11, 2008
