President Donald Trump warned Chinese leader Xi Jinping against providing support for Iran during their Washington meeting, U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue said on Friday.
Perdue told Fox News that Beijing had assured Washington it was not providing support. “We’ve seen movement … on that already,” he said. “They assured us yesterday they’re not doing that.”
Trump told Xi that Chinese support for Iran was “totally unacceptable,” Perdue said.
Trump confirmed Friday that he and Xi discussed the war but gave no details. Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported that Xi urged the United States and Iran to return to negotiations….