China imesema inapinga hatua yoyote ya kumlenga kiongozi mpya wa juu wa Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, kufuatia vitisho vilivyotolewa na jeshi la Israel dhidi ya mrithi huyo wa baba yake aliyeuawa, Ali Khamenei.
Msemaji wa Wizara ya Mambo ya Nje ya China, Guo Jiakun, aliwaambia waandishi wa habari kuwa: βChina inapinga kuingiliwa kwa masuala ya ndani ya nchi nyingine kwa kisingizio chochote, na uhuru, usalama na mipaka ya Iran vinapaswa kuheshimiwa.β
Aliongeza kuwa uamuzi wa kumteua kiongozi mpya βni uamuzi uliofanywa na upande wa Iran kwa kuzingatia katiba yake.β
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China says it opposes any targeting of Iranβs new supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, after threats by the Israeli military against the successor to his slain father, Ali Khamenei.
βChina opposes interference in other countriesβ internal affairs under any pretext, and Iranβs sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity should be respected,β foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun tells a press conference.
He says that the move to name a new leader βis a decision by the Iranian side based on its constitution.β
Source: The Times of Israel