China rejects Trump accusation that intercepted Iran ship was 'gift from China'

Source: Reuters

BEIJING, April 24 (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry on Friday rejected an accusation by U.S. ‌President Donald Trump that an Iranian-flagged ‌cargo ship intercepted by U.S. forces was a "gift from China."

The ​U.S. said it fired on and seized an Iranian cargo ship that tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran's military said the ‌ship had been ⁠travelling from China and vowed retaliation against what it called "armed piracy by ⁠the U.S. military."

Trump on Tuesday told CNBC the ship "had some things on it, which wasn't ​very nice. ​A gift from China ​perhaps, I don't ‌know."

China's foreign ministry rejected the comments.



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