Lifted in toto from the Korean Broadcasting System, May 14:
White House: Trump, Xi Agree Strait of Hormuz ‘Must Remain Open’
The White House says U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed that the Strait of Hormuz “must remain open” and that Iran can never have nuclear weapons.
According to the official White House summary of Thursday’s bilateral summit in Beijing, the two leaders agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to “support the free flow of global energy.”
Supplementing the summary, U.S. officials said both nations agreed that no country or organization should be allowed to charge tolls to pass through international waterways like the strait.The White House said President Xi expressed interest in increasing imports of U.S. crude oil in an effort to reduce China’s dependence on the Strait of Hormuz.
It said the two leaders also explicitly agreed that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.
The high-stakes summit was held for 135 minutes at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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