Jiang says Russia must protect Iran to defend its southern flank and China must care because it receives much of Iran's cheap oil.
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Southern flank
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...to be conquered by the Americans or the Israelis, the entire southern flank of the Russians are now exposed. They're exposed to possible attack...."
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Jiang says Russia cannot allow Iran to fall because losing Iran would expose Russia's southern flank while it is already strained in Europe.
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"...born in Ukraine, so their eastern flag is occupied. Now the southern flank opens up, you know, and the southern flank is, as you..."
"So Iran is an existential crisis for Russia. They have to protect Iran. Otherwise, they're exposed in the south. China gets most, a lot..."
"...afford to lose Iran. If Iran would be lost, and Russia's southern flank would open up. Russia could not defend its southern flank. It's..."
"...to be conquered by the Americans or the Israelis, the entire southern flank of the Russians are now exposed. They're exposed to possible attack...."
"...and road initiative is dead and and now the entire russian southern flank okay the southern bottom of russia is open up it's opened..."
"...that if Iran were to fall, this opens up the Russian southern flank to the Americans, right? Because Azerbaijan is an Israeli -American ally...."
"...they need to hurry and get that done because on their southern flank if iran's falls well there's their whole southern underbelly is now..."
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