Beijing has a warm relationship with Iran, which supports both Hamas and Hezbollah.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken spoke on the phone with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi today.
The top US diplomat, who was visiting Saudi Arabia, had a “productive” one-hour telephone call with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, state department spokesman Matthew Miller said. Wang for his part said that the US should “play a constructive and responsible role, pushing the issue back on track for a political settlement as soon as possible”, according to a readout published by the Chinese foreign ministry.
The Chinese foreign minister added that Beijing called for “the convening of an international peace meeting as soon as possible to promote the reaching of broad consensus”.
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