Washington, June 24 -- US President Donald J. Trump has announced that China can now resume purchasing oil from Iran and expressed hope that Beijing would also buy significant volumes from the United States.

Taking to social media platform Truth Social, Trump wrote: "China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the U.S., also. It was my Great Honor to make this happen!"

In a separate post, Trump commented on his upcoming participation at the NATO summit, contrasting the expected calm in Europe with the recent volatile situation in West Asia: "Heading to NATO where, at worst, it will be a much calmer period than what I just went through with Israel and Iran. I look forward to seeing all...