Senior Chinese diplomat urges all sides to ease Gulf region tension
China urges all sides to exercise restraint and ease tension in the Gulf region, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Tuesday, amid a standoff between Iran and United States following attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
State Councillor Wang Yi also told reporters at a briefing that China hoped Iran would not “rashly” abandon the 2015 nuclear deal.
On Monday, Abbas Mousavi, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, blamed Riyadh's "wrong policies" for causing the escalating regional tensions, which have caused a spike in oil prices and concerns about conflict in the region.
Mousavi said the kingdom lacked a "proper understanding of the region's dynamics" and followed "an approach based on militarism and causing crises and tension".
The comments by the Iranian foreign ministry on Monday came a day after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), called on the international community to take a "decisive stand" over the attacks - but said the kingdom did not want a war in the region.
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