Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held separate talks in Beijing with Iranian official Ali Bagheri Kani and Saudi National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban, advocating for dialogue and the preservation of regional shipping corridors. Concurrently, President Xi Jinping met with Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, stressing that the region must avoid becoming a battleground for major powers. To sustain this momentum, Beijing plans to deploy a special envoy on a regional shuttle diplomacy mission later this month.
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Beijing is leveraging its economic partnership with Iran to seek a detente and mitigate d…: Beijing is leveraging its economic partnership with Iran to seek a detente and mitigate disruptions to global maritime trade routes.
Chinese leadership warned against turning the Middle East into an arena for major-country…: Chinese leadership warned against turning the Middle East into an arena for major-country rivalry amid rising military tensions with the United States.
Regional talks in Beijing prioritized the protection of critical energy infrastructure an…: Regional talks in Beijing prioritized the protection of critical energy infrastructure and maritime shipping lanes through political negotiation rather than armed conflict.
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"All parties should ... in a spirit of reason and pragmatism, focus on a political solution rather than once again resorting to armed conflict," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
BEIJING: China stepped up diplomatic efforts on Monday (Nov 2) to resolve the Middle East crisis, urging a return to the negotiating table in back-to-back meetings with Iranian, Omani and Saudi officials in Beijing.
The meetings come days after US President Donald Trump issued a fresh war threat more than eight months into the conflict, which was triggered by US-Israeli strikes on Iran and has at times spilled over into neighbouring countries.
Beijing supports Tehran in "safeguarding its own sovereignty and security", Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, according to a Chinese statement.
Wang later called for dialogue to end the conflict "while safeguarding regional energy security and the safety of shipping lanes", as he met with Saudi National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammad al-Aiban.
China, a top economic partner of Iran, has long sought a detente in the…
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