Trump announced Xi Jinping's offer to help in the Iranian issue

Chinese President Xi Jinping offered assistance on the Iranian issue. This was announced on May 14 by US President Donald Trump.

"He (the Chinese president. — Ed.) said: if I can help in any way, then I would like to help," the American leader said in an interview with Fox News.

The White House press service reported on the same day that Xi Jinping and Trump agreed that Iran should not have nuclear weapons in its arsenal. In addition, the leaders of the countries also agree that the Strait of Hormuz should remain open to "support the free flow of energy."

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Trump said on May 12 that he wanted to make a good deal with Iran and was waiting for the situation to develop further. The American leader also expressed that the upcoming deal would be "very good" for both the American and Iranian peoples.

On May 7, Murad Sadigzade, President of the Center for Middle East Studies and a visiting lecturer at the Faculty of World Economics and World Politics at the National Research University of Higher School of Economics, pointed to Trump's desire to reach a deal with the Iranian side in a conversation with Izvestia. According to him, the head of the White House intends to have time to sign the agreement before the midterm autumn congressional elections.