China’s response to Blinken’s request to prevent Iran’s revenge

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, Mao Ning, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, after a telephone conversation “Wang Yi”, the highest-ranking diplomat of this country, together with “Anthony Blinken”, the US Secretary of State, have strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the Iranian consular building in Damascus in a statement.

The US State Department in a statement Anthony Blinken asked his Chinese counterpart to use his influence in this phone call on Thursday (April 11/23) to prevent Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel. “Yi” has called for the United States to “play a constructive role” in the developments in the Middle East (West Asia).

In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China has also presented its version of the telephone conversation between the senior diplomats of the two sides. According to this statement, in this telephone conversation, Wang Yi strongly condemned the attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria and emphasized the immunity of diplomatic places from attack, as well as the need to respect the sovereignty of Iran and Syria. It has refused to condemn the attack on the Iranian consular building, which was carried out by the Zionist regime on Monday, April 13. This country, together with some of its western allies, has prevented the issuance of a statement in the Security Council condemning Israel.

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