BEIJING, Oct. 15 -- China's top diplomat told the United Arab Emirates' special envoy on Tuesday that Beijing would keep working for "a comprehensive ceasefire" in the Middle East, and the envoy replied that the UAE wanted to lift the two countries' partnership to "a new level."

Wang Yi met Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, the Emirati president's special envoy to China, in Beijing, CGTN reported. Wang said that under the guidance of the two presidents, relations had become "a model for the common development and revitalization of Global South countries," and that China was ready to advance them "regardless of changes in the international and regional landscape."

On the region, Wang said China has always been "a builder of peace, a promoter ...