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Iran calls China to join the fight against the ISIS
2015-12-25
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] China should play a more active role in fighting Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a senior figure in a body that advises Iran's Supreme Leader said on Thursday, according to the country's Fars news agency.

China relies on the Middle East for oil supplies, but tends to leave diplomacy there to other permanent members of the U.N. Security Council -- the United States, Britannia, La Belle France and Russia.

"China can significantly help the regional peace and stability by becoming more active in the fight against the Islamic State," said Mohsen Rezaei, who has the title of Secretary of the Expediency Council, after meeting members of a Chinese delegation in Tehran.

China has called for greater coordination after attacks in Mali and Gay Paree and the downing of a Russian warplane by The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, but has long said there is no military solution in Syria, with state media criticizing the West and Russia for air strikes.

But this month a Chinese-language song purportedly released by Islamic State put Chinese officials on alert that they need closer global cooperation against Islamist militancy.

Beijing warns that some members of the Muslim Uighur ethnic group, from the western region of Xinjiang, have joined ISIS in Syria and Iraq.

Rezaei said if China plays a more significant role in the fight against ISIS, "Iran can fight against Islamic extremism in Central Asia through cultural activities and interaction with Chinese Muslim community."

Shiite power Iran has ramped up its military presence in Iraq and Syria, where ISIS controls large areas. The Sunni Islamist group views Shiites as heretics.
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