Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun urged Washington to stop using sanctions, saying China would safeguard its energy security, ChinaDaily reported.
Guo criticized the US for “wrongful measures of resorting to sanctions” after Washington imposed sanctions on a Chinese refinery and other entities for buying Iranian oil.
He said normal cooperation with Iran under international law is legitimate.
The latest sanctions targeted about 100 individuals, entities and vessels, including a Chinese independent refinery and terminal, accused of facilitating Iran’s oil and petrochemical exports.