But at the same time, he said, you know, they buy a lot of their oil there and they'd like to keep doing that.”US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later suggested the talks produced at least one rare point of agreement between Washington and Beijing: that Iran should not militarise the Strait of Hormuz.“The Chinese side said they are not in favour of militarising the Straits of Hormuz, and they're not in favour of a tolling system And they reiterated that point again today.”As Mr Trump and President Xi met in Beijing, the Iran conflict was also overshadowing a BRICS foreign ministers’ summit in New Delhi, where rising oil prices and fears of wider economic fallout dominated discussions.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines.But while Iran dominated the agenda, another issue lingered beneath the surface in Beijing: Taiwan.China’s official summary says President Xi warned Mr Trump that Taiwan remains the most sensitive issue in the China-U-S relationship, and that mishandling it could risk confrontation.Still, publicly, the Chinese leader struck a more measured tone.At a state banquet inside the Great Hall of the People, President Xi framed the relationship as one too important to fail."We both agree that the China-U.S