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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Amy Hawkins

Trump asks China if visit to Beijing can be delayed a month due to Iran war

Cargo ship in sea with smoke rising out of the rear
Smoke from a vessel in the strait of Hormuz on Friday. Trump is pressing China over securing the vital trade route from Iranian attacks. Photograph: AFPTV/UGC/Wang Shang/AFP/Getty

Trump has asked to delay his planned visit to Beijing by about a month due to the Iran war, after earlier hinting he might put the trip off if his prospective hosts do not help to unblock the strait of Hormuz.

The US president’s summit with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, was meant to take place at the end of March but Trump told reporters in the White House on Monday: “Because of the war I want to be here, I have to be here, I feel. And so we’ve requested that we delay it a month or so.”

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