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		</div><p>Chinese president Xi Jinping hopes for a “new chapter” in relations with Iran after the lifting of international sanctions under a historic nuclear deal, as he paid the first visit by a Chinese leader to the Islamic Republic in 14 years.</p>
<p>“In co-operation with the Iranian side and by benefiting from the current favourable conditions, China is ready to upgrade the level of bilateral relations and co-operation so that a new chapter will start in bilateral relations,” Xi said after meeting Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, according to Iranian state TV.</p>
<p>Trade between the two countries stood at some £36 billion in 2014, but that figure dropped last year due to plunging oil prices. China is Iran’s biggest trade partner, and continued purchasing oil from Iran after nuclear-related sanctions were tightened in 2012, despite US pressure.</p>
<p>&#8220;China has always stood by the side of the Iranian nation during hard days,” Rouhani said, in comments posted on his official website.</p>
<p>Officials from the two countries signed 17 documents and letters of intent to broaden bilateral co-operation in industry, transportation, railways, ports, new technology, tourism, the environment and energy.</p>
<p>China is one of six world powers – along with the US, Germany, France, Britain and Russia – that reached a landmark agreement with Iran last summer to lift international sanctions in exchange for Tehran curbing its nuclear program. The deal was implemented a week ago after the UN nuclear watchdog ce</p>
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