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China is stepping up its diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, including over the US-Israel war on Iran, following a lapse in activity.
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China → step → activity
Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday met a senior Iranian security official in Beijing, while President Xi Jinping hosted Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq for a landmark state visit.
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Jinping → meet → visit
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elite → gather → discipline
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escalation → loom → ?
Wang told Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, that dialogue and negotiation remained “the only viable path forward” as conflicts in the region “drag on and risk further spillover”.
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conflicts → tell → spillover
He also reaffirmed China’s support for Iran’s sovereignty and security.
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He → reaffirm → sovereignty
Beijing has consistently blamed the US and Israel for starting the conflict.
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Beijing → blame → conflict
Stalled
“China is very close to Tehran; it is the biggest trading partner of Iran, the biggest customer of Iranian crude,” said Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu, reporting from Beijing.
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Yu → stall → Beijing
However, Beijing’s diplomacy efforts have recently been stalled, she noted.
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she → stall → ?
“It’s been a few weeks or even months [in which] China really hasn’t done much diplomatically towards … ending the war,” Yu said.
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Yu → do → war
The meetings on Monday appear to illustrate that China is growing impatient with the lack of progress.
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China → appear → progress
“I think China is very frustrated, and it wants to be seen to enter [the process],” Yu said.
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Yu → think → process
Reflecting the step up in activity, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that Zhai Jun, Beijing’s special envoy on the Middle East, will visit Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia this month.
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Jun → reflect → Iran
Meanwhile, Xi received Sultan Haitham, the first Omani head of state to visit China since the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1978.
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countries → receive → 1978
The Chinese president said the Middle East and Gulf “should not become an arena for great-power rivalry and geopolitical conflict”.
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East → say → rivalry
Sitting across from Iran on the Strait of Hormuz, Oman is a key player in navigation on the strategic waterway, through which one-fifth of global energy exports traversed before the US-Iran war restricted traffic.
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fifth → sit → traffic
Xi described bilateral ties with Oman as being at a “new historical starting point”.
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Xi → describe → point
During the visit, China and Oman signed 14 cooperation documents, covering areas including artificial intelligence, green energy and supply chains, along with a currency swap agreement.
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China → sign → agreement
In a joint statement, they called for safe navigation to resume through Hormuz and urged the US and Iran to restart dialogue.
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navigation → call → dialogue
Yu said the conflict had made the relationship “more of a priority for both sides”, particularly given the disruption to China’s energy imports.
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relationship → say → imports
“Oman is particularly important because many of its ports are outside the strait,” she said.
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she → say → strait
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