Support Iran’s sovereignty, security defense: Chinese foreign minister

China Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said on Sunday that China Iran supports it in defense of ‘sovereignty, security and national dignity’.

According to the statement issued by the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the Chinese Foreign Minister said this in a telephone conversation with Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri.

In a phone conversation, Wang reiterated Beijing’s condemnation of the killing of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 31, saying the attack violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability. Done.’

Iran and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas accused Israel of carrying out the attack that killed Ismail Haniyeh.

However, Israel neither claimed nor denied responsibility for the killings, raising concerns that the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip was Middle East It is turning into a wider war.

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On the other hand, Iran on the killing of Ismail Haniyeh Severe punishment for Israel It has been announced to give.

According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Acting Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Baki-Kani that the killing of Ismail Haniyeh ‘directly harmed the negotiation process for a cease-fire in Gaza and harmed regional peace and stability.’ ‘

“China supports Iran in its efforts to safeguard the sovereignty, security and national dignity and maintain regional peace and stability in accordance with the law, and is willing to maintain close contact with Iran,” Wang said.

Iran’s President Masoud al-Mabazikian has named Abbas Araqchi, who served as Iran’s chief negotiator in the nuclear talks from 2013 to 2021, as the country’s foreign minister.