China, Russia to work on cooling W Asia tensions
Beijing/moscow, April 6 -- China is willing to continue to cooperate with Russia at the UN Security Council and make efforts to cool down the West Asia situation, foreign minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a phone call on Sunday.
Wang said the fundamental way to resolve navigation issues in the Strait of Hormuz is to achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible, adding that China has always advocated political settlement of hotspot issues through dialogue and negotiation.
The foreign ministers' call came ahead of a UN Security Council vote next week on a Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
As permanent UNSC members, China and Russia should "adopt an objective and bala...
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