Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania Seyed Abbas Araqchi in a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Thursday discussed the bilateral relations between Tehran and Beijing as well as the latest regional developments.

During the meeting in Beijing, the two sides called for settlement of Syrian crisis through peaceful means without interference of aliens.

Underlining the need for further expansion of Tehran-Beijing all-out relations, they studied the latest developments in the Middle East region mainly Syria and Afghanistan as well as Iran's peaceful nuclear program.

Meanwhile, the two sides studied sales of oil, investments of Chinese companies in Iran and expansion of bilateral trade transactions.

Araqchi arrived in China on Tuesday night to confer with the country's high ranking officials on regional and global developments.

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