Iranian Foreign Minister to Visit China on Wednesday
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Summary
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is scheduled to visit China on Wednesday, September 16, for talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, according to China’s foreign ministry. The announcement was made on Tuesday, September 15, and marks another round of direct contact between Beijing and Tehran after Araghchi’s earlier China visit in May
Key Points
- China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, September 15, that Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will visit China on Wednesday, September 16.
- During the visit, Araghchi is set to hold talks with Wang Yi, a member of the Communist Party Politburo and China’s foreign minister.
- Araghchi also visited China in May this year at China’s invitation and held talks with Wang Yi after the outbreak of the US-Iran war
- At that time, Beijing praised Iran’s commitment not to develop nuclear weapons and said Iran has a legitimate right to peaceful nuclear energy
- China also said then that a comprehensive halt to the fighting was urgently needed and that reopening hostilities would be undesirable
Why It Matters
The planned meeting indicates that Beijing is maintaining high-level diplomatic contact with Tehran at a time when regional security and the Iran nuclear issue remain sensitive topics. For Hong Kong readers, the visit is a reminder that shifts in Middle East tensions can quickly feed into wider diplomatic and market attention in China and the region.