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GUANGZHOU, China
,
Feb. 20, 2023
/PRNewswire/ — According to a news report from GDToday, Iranian President
Ebrahim Raisi
arrived in
Beijing
on
February 14
for a three-day state visit, his first visit to
China
since taking office in
August 2021
.
“President Raisi’s visit aims to promote the implementation of long-term cooperative plans,” Li Shaoxian, director of the China Institute for Arab Studies at Ningxia University, told GDToday in an exclusive interview on
February 15
. Before the interview, Li attended a meeting with Raisi as one of the representatives of Chinese intellectuals.
Iran’s
“looking east” policy, key to national development
“When I visited Middle Eastern countries such as
Iran
, the locals often told me that they insist on political independence, but the sanctions have endangered their national development. Therefore, they seek to ‘look east’ and learn the experience of independent development from
China
and other countries,” Li said.
He analyzed that
Iran
practices its”looking east” policy through two approaches. “The first one is to take part in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which
Iran
regards as a major opportunity for national development. The geographic location of
Iran
is pivotal for the main route of the Belt and Road while the trade routes to
Europe
from
China’s
Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia converge on
Iran
.”
“Chinese companies have assisted
Iran
in building most of the metro lines and trains in
Iran’s
capital city,
Teheran
, through BRI projects, improving the local transportation efficiency and promoting tourism development,” Li added.
According to Li,
Iran’s
second approach in its “looking east” policy is to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
Iran
completed the legal procedures for joining the SCO in 2022. On
February 7, 2023
, Raisi issued an order for implementing the law on
Iran’s
membership of the SCO.
“In theory,
Iran
has already become an official SCO member. It is expected to attend the SCO summit in
India
in
September 2023
as the ninth member of the organization,” Li said.
He believes
Iran’s
participation in the SCO will not only help
Iran
itself to tackle its current economic and social plight, but would also boost the development of the SCO and international counter-terrorism cooperation.
The economies of
China
and
Iran
highly complementary
A 25-year agreement was signed between the two countries in 2021 to enhance cooperation in a range of fields, including energy, infrastructure, production capacity, science and technology, and medical and health care.
China
and
Iran
stressed that they are now ready to implement the plan during Raisi’s visit.
“The economies of
China
and
Iran
are highly complementary. With the implementation of the deal, the two sides would tap the potential of economic and cultural cooperation,” Li said.
Li elaborated that
Iran
is a major oil exporter and holds the second-largest natural-gas reserve. “It is also one of the few countries in the
Middle East
with a relatively complete industrial system.”
In Li’s view,
Iran
can take advantage of its rich natural resources and promote bilateral trade through cooperation while
China
can make full use of its complete industrial chain and help
Iran
push forward with industrial transformation and upgrading.
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