BEIJING: China on Friday reiterated support for Pakistan and Iran to resolve differences and disagreements through dialogue and consultation, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Friday.
“We noticed that Pakistan and Iran communicated with each other. We support the two sides in resolving differences and disagreements through dialogue and consultation,” she said during her regular briefing.
In response to a question about China’s mediation between Pakistan and Iran, she said that if required, China was willing to play a constructive role.
Yesterday, Chinese Consul General in Karachi Yang Yundong said Beijing would like to play a constructive role in settling differences between Islamabad and Tehran.
“China would like to ask Pakistan and Iran that we will like to play a constructive role to settle the differences between the two countries,” Yundong said.
To a question on Iran’s blatant breach of Pakistan’s sovereignty by launching a missile attack in Balochistan, he said Pakistan and Iran were the major countries in the region and Muslim world, so China hoped that the differences between them could be solved through talks and other peaceful ways.
On January 17, Pakistan had warned Iran of serious consequences after Tehran violated Pakistan’s airspace that claimed lives of two Pakistanis and injured multiple others.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the unprovoked violation of its airspace by Iran which resulted in death of two innocent children while injuring three girls,” Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch had said in a statement.
Iranian state media had claimed that it had targeted the bases of a terrorist organisation in Pakistan with drones and missiles and destroyed the headquarters of the said group.
The foreign office spokesperson had termed this violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty as completely unacceptable and said it could prompt serious consequences.
The Chinese consul general urged both the countries to exercise restraint by following the principles and charter of the United Nations and norms of international relations.
“We do hope that Pakistan and Iran can sit down and talk to solve their problems, properly,” he added.
