Al-Monitor- In an indirect criticism of the United States and the G-7 summit, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif boasted of a successful meeting at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, which China hosted.


Zarif tweeted, �SCO summit in China illustrated how fast the world is changing. Commitment to mutually beneficial cooperation, solid support for JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action] and rejection of unilateralism. President [Hassan] Rouhani had constructive meetings with many leaders, including substantive bilaterals with [Chinese President] Xi Jinping and [Russian President Vladimir] Putin.� The tweet was accompanied with pictures of Rouhani�s meetings with Putin, Xi and also Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Zarif followed with an�additional tweet�about the unsuccessful G-7 summit in which the seven largest advanced economies in the world gathered. �While the G7 were busy fighting among themselves in Quebec � and unsuccessfully trying to appease the habitual Deal-Breaker-in-Chief � the SCO summit in Qingdao illustrated something altogether different: respectful cooperation among nations committed to multilateralism,� Zarif tweeted. Zarif�s tweet was not just a criticism toward President Donald Trump, calling him the Deal-Breaker-in-Chief, but also toward European countries who had pleaded and failed to keep the United States in the 2015 JCPOA.

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