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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that if China wants to rise, it should do so based on a Western set of rules.

"I hope - because my objective isn’t bad things for the Chinese people - I hope that the Chinese Communist party will begin to recognise that if they want to rise, if they want to continue to build out to their nation that they need to do so on a western rules set, a rules set that honours the rule of law and honours freedom and respect for sovereignty", Pompeo said.

The Secretary of State said Beijing has singled out and threatened to single out countries not just in Europe, but also in the Middle East, Africa and South-East Asia and pull them closer to China.

"What I have begun to see is over my two-and-a-half years as a Secretary of State is the world awakening to this threat", Pompeo said, adding that the threat is talked about privately by various countries.

Pompeo noted that the United States is doing its best in each case to provide the type of assistance that makes the most sense.

"We need to raise this to another level, to where countries are prepared and in position to respond to these things in a public way. When we do that the Chinese Communist Party will be more isolated", Pompeo said.

Earlier on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that Trump's potential policy option to completely decouple from China was unrealistic in the context of globalisation and would not solve the problems the United States faces.

On 18 June, US President Donald Trump said the United States has maintained the policy option of a complete decoupling from China. The comment came a day after US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in congressional testimony that he does not believe decoupling the two economies was an option at this point.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/world/202006191079666590-pompeo-says-if-china-wa...

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US President Donald Trump said the State Department will soon attempt to trigger a “snapback” of UN sanctions on Iran, as the top American diplomat threatened consequences for Moscow and Beijing if they try to block the effort.

“Today I'm directing the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to notify the United Nations Security Council that the United States intends to restore virtually all of the United Nations sanctions on Iran – it’s a snap back, not uncommon,”Trump told reporters during a White House press conference on Wednesday.

When the United States entered into the Iran deal, it was clear the United States would always have the right to restore the UN sanctions that would prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

“My administration will not allow this Iran nuclear situation to go on,” Trump added, claiming that if he is re-elected, Tehran will immediately crawl back begging for a deal with Washington.

 

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https://www.rt.com/news/498477-trump-pompeo-iran-un-sanctions/

 

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The US exited the Iran nuclear deal and therefore has no right to demand a ‘snap back’ of UN sanctions on Tehran, the foreign ministers of three European powers involved in the JCPOA said in response to Washington’s latest push.

“France, Germany and the United Kingdom, the so-called E3, note that the United States has not been a member of the JCPOA since their withdrawal from the agreement on May 8, 2018,” their respective foreign ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian, Heiko Maas and Dominic Raab said in a statement on Thursday.

Therefore, the E3 “cannot support” the US demand for UN sanctions against Iran to be reimposed, as it is “inconsistent” with their current efforts to implement the deal, the trio added.

 

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https://www.rt.com/news/498592-us-iran-sanctions-un-europe/

 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the United States is prepared to block Russia and China if they refuse to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran.

The statement came a day after Britain, France and Germany – who are still party to the Iranian nuclear agreement – joined Beijing and Moscow in rejecting the US push for a “snapback” of UN sanctions against Tehran.

Speaking to Fox News, Pompeo said Washington was disappointed its allies did not support the US effort to trigger a “snapback” of UN sanctions, including an arms embargo.

The Trump administration withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – two years ago, after accusing Iran of violating the agreement.

 

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https://www.rt.com/news/498678-us-russia-china-iran/

 

 

The US has no right to ask the UN Security Council to launch the 'snapback' mechanism, which allows the re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran, after Washington left the nuclear agreement, Beijing has said.

China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian’s said on Thursday that, given the US had already declared its withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), it “has no due competence for demanding sanctions.” This position is shared by most members of the Security Council and a wide international consensus, according to Zhao.

Beijing firmly opposes unilateral sanctions and “long-arm jurisdictions” imposed by the US against other countries, he added. China also urges Washington to earnestly observe Security Council resolutions and fulfill its international obligations.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that he plans to inform the UN Security Council the following day about Washington’s decision to launch the process of reinstating anti-Iranian sanctions, due to come into force in 30 days.

The move comes after a US draft resolution on extending the arms embargo against Iran failed to secure enough votes at the Security Council on August 14. Russia and China voted against it, while 11 countries abstained from the vote.

 

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https://www.rt.com/news/498568-china-us-iran-sanctions/

 

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