January 19, 2018

China will investigate the Sanchi sinking accident, continue cleaning operations in the East China Sea area where an Iranian oil tanker sunk and try its best to reduce pollution caused by the oil spill, an official in charge of the mission said. 

Zhi Guanglu, deputy head of the country's maritime rescue center, told a press conference in Beijing on Friday that China will investigate the accident according to international conventions and China's laws, China News Service reported.

"The Chinese government will continue to give priority to follow-up work. The State Council held a special meeting to study the accident and formed a trans-department team to look into it," Zhi said.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said at Friday's press conference that "China's and Iran's relevant government departments are always keeping effective and fluid communication on search and rescue affairs since the accident happened," and "representatives of the Iranian government and parliament, Iranian Ambassador to China and Consul General at Shanghai have all praised China's effort in the search and rescue operations."

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