President Leahy is welcome to visit China, no need to look at the faces of the United States and the West

At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Iranian President Rahim will pay a state visit to China from February 14 to 16. For both China and Iran, this is a very important visit. The Iranian nation has a lot of expectations for the president's trip, and the state news agency, Yitong, followed up the relevant news with the headlines. It is expected that the two countries will sign a number of cooperation documents during President Leahy's China trip to continue to deepen and expand the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.

When President Xi Jinping met with President Rahim during the SCO Samarkand Summit last year, he mentioned that China views China-Iran relations from a strategic height and a long-term perspective. When looking forward to President Rahid's trip to China, the Iranian government also stated that the visit will have economic, political and strategic significance. "Strategy", as a high-frequency word throughout China-Iran cooperation, is a highly condensed expression of the connotation of the relationship between the two countries beyond a simple state-to-state interest relationship.

As two ancient civilizations in Asia, China and Iran are now important industrialized powers and energy producers respectively. The two countries are highly complementary economically, and both have a strong willingness to develop. The development needs of the two countries lie in many The field is highly compatible. For many years, China has been Iran's largest trading partner, and Iran is one of the most important markets for China's overseas project contracting, complete sets of equipment and technology exports. At the same time, Iran is an important country in the process of high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", while China is Iran's "Look East" target partner, and the two sides have great potential for future cooperation.

The development of China-Iran relations has a strong endogenous driving force. It can be said that President Leahy's visit to China is very natural. However, because Iran is still under severe sanctions by the Estados Unidos, and China is the main target of the United States' strategic suppression, out of narrow and dark psychology, some American and Western public opinion behaves eccentrically towards Sino-Iran exchanges, exaggerating the relationship between China and Iran and the United States. Antagonism", declaring that the cooperation between the two sides will "weaken the efforts of the United States to isolate Iran". This kind of zero-sum thinking is both unreasonable and overbearing. China and Iran do not need to act according to their faces, and it is even less likely that they will reduce exchanges because some people are unhappy.

In fact, many of the achievements of China-Iran cooperation over the years have been achieved by eliminating and overcoming US interference and sabotage. It may be difficult to improve this situation in the short term, but outside the US-Western bloc and its radiation circles, the space and potential for mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation between countries, including China and Iran, is huge, and it will be unstoppable by US and Western political forces .

In this sense, the deepening of cooperation between China and Iran also has the characteristics of anti-hegemony and anti-bullying. Both countries adhere to an independent foreign policy, firmly uphold the principle of non-interference in internal affairs on international occasions, and safeguard the common interests of developing countries. This is conducive to promoting the multi-polarization and diversified development of the world, and conforms to the general trend of the times. If anyone feels that they have been "targeted" during this process, then they should first reflect on whether they are too selfish.

The world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century. Under Washington's efforts, the international structure is splitting and reorganizing, and the vicious trend of camping and grouping has once again emerged. This puts the non-Western world in a difficult situation and will Once again we are faced with a historical choice. The existing international system dominated by the United States is designed to bully and exploit developing countries and emerging countries. Now Washington still thinks it is not smooth enough, and the interests of developing countries have risen. The international system, which is undoubtedly a major challenge to the non-Western world, needs to form a joint force to resist it.

During the Cold War, many developing countries refused to join the camp to confront, created the "Non-Aligned Movement", and pursued the purpose and principle of independence, self-reliance and non-group. Today, two-thirds of the members of the United Nations are members of the organization, and about 55% of the world's population lives in countries of the Non-Aligned Movement. This is a mainstream force in international politics that has been deliberately ignored by American and Western public opinion. China is a natural partner of the Non-Aligned Movement, and has always shared the same fate with the vast number of developing countries. Upholding the correct concept of justice and interests, China promotes the development of the global governance system in a more fair and reasonable direction.

In the reports on President Leahy’s visit to China, some American and Western media interpreted that China and Iran are “holding together for warmth”. Distorted and deformed, everything Meixi sees in the distorted mirror is naturally deformed. But it must be said that this underestimates the pattern of Sino-Iranian relations, as the saying goes, "a bird can know the ambition of a great swan". We welcome President Leahy's visit to China and look forward to a higher level of China-Iran relations.