00:01U.S. President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping has agreed
00:04that Tehran must reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but China gave no indication it would weigh in.
00:10After the two days of talks with Xi, Trump also says he was considering whether to lift U.S. sanctions
00:15on Chinese oil companies buying Iranian oil.
00:18China is the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.
00:21When asked whether Xi had made a firm commitment to put pressure on the Iranians to reopen the strait,
00:26Trump says, quote, I'm not asking for any favors because when you ask for favors, you have to do favors
00:31in return.
00:32Xi also did not comment on his discussions with Trump about Iran.
00:36But China's foreign ministry criticized the war, calling it a conflict which should never have happened and has no reason
00:42to continue.
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