Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi addresses a joint press conference with the German foreign minister after talks on Feb 13, 2020 at the German Foreign Ministry's Villa Borsig in North Berlin. (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP)

BEIJING - Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a video conference on Wednesday with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, saying that China is against politicizing the coronavirus epidemic.

China is willing to work with the international community, including Iran, to firmly champion multilateralism and the authority of the United Nations, he added

Wang said the attempts of certain countries to politicize the epidemic are undermining their own international credibility.

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China is willing to work with the international community, including Iran, to firmly champion multilateralism and the authority of the United Nations, he added.

Wang said China is willing to study possible ways of gradually resuming personnel exchanges between the two countries and advancing cooperation, taking into consideration the epidemic situation.

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Zarif said that Iran welcomes the "Silk Road of health" proposed by China, while resolutely opposing the attempts of certain countries to use the epidemic for the purposes of politicization or stigmatization.

He also said Iran resolutely opposes US interference in China's internal affairs, including Hong Kong affairs.

The two sides agreed to be committed to upholding the efficacy of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action relating to the Iranian nuclear issue.

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