China FM tells Iran Beijing supports ‘momentum of peace talks’

BEIJING: China’s top diplomat told his Iranian counterpart that Beijing “supports maintaining the momentum of the ceasefire and peace talks” in a phone call on Wednesday, as negotiators from Pakistan landed in Tehran to discuss a second round of US-Iran talks.

Peace talks are “in the fundamental interests of the Iranian people and are also the shared hope of regional countries and the international community,” Wang Yi said, according to a Chinese foreign ministry statement.

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He said China was willing to continue to play a “constructive role” towards peace in the Middle East after a first round of Iran-US talks in Islamabad at the weekend failed to reach an agreement.