India, China could help Trump resolve Iran crisis through diplomacy: Hillary Clinton

The former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo) Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said India and China could play a key role in helping resolve the escalating Iran crisis, urging President Donald Trump to pursue “diplomacy instead of bluster”.In an interview with C-SPAN, Clinton said China and India could exert influence on Tehran because of their economic and energy ties with Iran.“If you want to figure out how Trump could get out of this, I think the key to it is probably China and India, because if you look at who buys the most oil and gas from Iran, it's China and India,” Clinton said.India, China could pressure TehranClinton said China, in particular, could use its position as one of Iran’s biggest oil and gas buyers to pressure Tehran over the ongoing crisis.“China is far ahead of that; they have been banking a lot of fossil fuels they got in tankers ... they have been building more reserves ... but they are going to need Iran,” she said.Clinton argued that economic leverage from countries such as China and India could offer Washington a diplomatic route to de-escalate the conflict.“It does seem to me that's where the best pressure would come from if ...