Tehran and Beijing will sign a 25-year cooperation agreement on Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.

The United States has imposed further visa restrictions on Chinese officials over alleged human rights violations.

Beijing has dismissed India’s claims of “provocative” military movements by Chinese troops at the contested border line dividing the two Asian neighbors.

A spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, stated on Wednesday that the recent incident with a US spy plane occurred in China’s airspace.