Beijing, April 15, 2026 (AFP) - Lavrov says Russia can 'compensate' for China's resource gap from Iran war: Russian state media

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Russia's foreign minister said that his country could make up for China's energy shortages as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is choked by the US-Israeli war with Iran, Russian state media reported Wednesday. "Russia can, without a doubt, compensate for the shortfall in resources that has arisen" for China and "other countries that are interested in working with us" Sergei Lavrov said at a news conference in Beijing in response to a questio......

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