Beijing (Monitoring Desk) — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in China for talks, where he met his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi.
During the meeting, China urged the United States and Iran to avoid further escalation and return to the negotiating table.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China does not want tensions in the region to escalate further or spread to Yemen and the Red Sea.
He called on the United States and Iran to hold meaningful negotiations on outstanding issues and resume the negotiating process on the basis of the understanding reached under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding.
Wang Yi said the ongoing conflict between Washington and Tehran is not in the interest of either side.