🔻 China’s foreign minister said Iran is supported by China to defend its sovereignty and security.

🔻 China’s foreign minister said Iran is supported by China to defend its sovereignty and security.

Wang Yi said, in a meeting with Ali Bagheri Kani, the deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, that his country wants all parties involved in the Middle East dispute to focus on political solutions.

China’s President Xi Jinping also said on Monday, in a meeting with Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman, that the Middle East and the Gulf region should not become a “arena for big-power competition.”

In a joint statement released after the China–Oman meeting, Muscat backed China’s proposals for peace in the Middle East and expressed hope that Beijing would play a “greater role” in establishing lasting stability in the region.

China is the largest buyer of oil and one of Iran’s most important economic partners.

China has condemned US and Israeli attacks on Iran and Washington’s sanctions, while at the same time it has repeatedly called for an end to the war and, in particular, for the Strait of Hormuz to be reopened through diplomacy.

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