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BEIJING (AP) — China rejected President Barack Obama's decision to move
forward with plans for sanctions on countries buying oil from Iran, saying
Saturday that Washington had no right to unilaterally punish other nations.
South Korean officials said they will continue working with the U.S. to
reduce oil imports from Iran, as other U.S. allies who depend on Iranian oil
worked to find alternative energy supplies.
Obama announced Friday that he is plowing ahead with the potential sanctions
, which could affect U.S. allies in Asia and Europe, as part of a deepening
campaign to starve Iran of money for its disputed nuclear program. The U.S.
and allies believe that Iran is pursuing a nuclear bomb; Iran denies that.
China is one of the biggest importers of Iranian oil, and its Foreign
Ministry reiterated its opposition to the U.S. moves.
"The Chinese side always opposes one country unilaterally imposing sanctions
against another according to domestic law. Furthermore it does not accept
the unilateral imposition of those sanctions on a third country," the
ministry said in a brief statement Saturday.
Beyond the rhetoric, Beijing has taken a two-pronged approach to the U.S.
demands, insisting that China has the right to import oil from Iran or any
other country while quietly reducing imports of Iranian oil. Though the
government has not explained the reductions, oil traders and industry
executives have said it may stem more from a pricing dispute with Iran than
as a response to U.S. pressure.
Behind the scenes, Washington has repeatedly encouraged Beijing to seek
supplies elsewhere, and Saudi Arabia offered to fill a shortfall when
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Gulf countries early this year.
The looming U.S. sanctions aim to further isolate Iran's central bank, which
processes nearly all of the Iran's oil purchases, from the global economy.
Obama's move clears the way for the U.S. to penalize foreign financial
institutions that do oil business with Iran by barring them from having a U.
S.-based affiliate or doing business here.
Obama's goal is to tighten the pressure on Iran, not allies, and already the
administration has exempted 10 European Union countries and Japan from the
threat of sanctions because they cut their oil purchases from Iran. Other
nations have about three months to significantly reduce such imports before
sanctions would kick in.
The main importers of Iranian oil that have not received exemptions from the
U.S. are China, India, Turkey, South Africa and South Korea. The
administration would be loath to hit a close friend like South Korea or
India, or a NATO ally like Turkey, with sanctions, and is working with those
countries to reduce their imports.
Foreign Ministry officials in South Korea said Saturday that they expect to
reach an agreement with Washington by late June on reducing oil imports from
Iran. The officials declined to be named because discussions were still
under way.
The U.S. sanctions are set to take effect on June 28. A European oil embargo
, approved in January, starts in July. Put together, Obama administration
officials contend Iran is about to face its most severe economic pressure
ever.
The United States imports no oil from Iran.
Energy-starved India, which relies on Iranian oil for 12 percent for its
power needs, has said that it does not heed unilateral sanctions such as
those imposed by the U.S. and EU.
Nevertheless, New Delhi has not remained completely immune to sanction
pressures and is slowly easing its dependence on Iranian oil, with a slow
decline in Iranian oil imports. The Western sanctions also have made it
harder for Indian companies to pay for Iranian oil, with international banks
unwilling to handle transactions from Tehran.
In February, India irked the West by arranging to make 45 percent of its
yearly $11 billion oil payments to Iran in Indian rupees, with the rest paid
in a barter system as Tehran seeks Indian-made machinery, iron and steel,
minerals and automobiles.
Turkey announced Friday it was shrinking oil imports from Iran by 20 percent
, apparently bowing to pressure from the United States and the sanctions
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100年前，这些国家也是想怎么搞中国就怎么高中国。
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: http://www.chron.com/news/article/China-rejects-Obama-s-Iran-oi
: BEIJING (AP) — China rejected President Barack Obama's decision to move
: forward with plans for sanctions on countries buying oil from Iran, saying
: Saturday that Washington had no right to unilaterally punish other nations.
: South Korean officials said they will continue working with the U.S. to
: reduce oil imports from Iran, as other U.S. allies who depend on Iranian oil
: worked to find alternative energy supplies.
: Obama announced Friday that he is plowing ahead with the potential sanctions
: , which could affect U.S. allies in Asia and Europe, as part of a deepening
: campaign to starve Iran of money for its disputed nuclear program. The U.S.
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