BEIJING: Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday expressed support for Iran during a visit by its president as Tehran tries to expand relations with Beijing and Moscow to offset Western sanctions over its nuclear development.

The official Chinese account of Xi's meeting with Ebrahim Raisi gave no indication whether they discussed Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Tehran supplied military drones to Russian President Vladimir Putin's government, but says they were delivered before the war began.

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