Pakistan-Iran tensions
\n Islamabad
\nChina has expressed willingness to facilitate mediation between Pakistan and Iran in the aftermath of a series of attacks on militant targets by both governments across the respective borders, leading to loss of lives on both sides.
\nThe missile strike, initiated by Iran without any provocation late Tuesday night, caused the death of two children and injured three girls. Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Office strongly condemned the \u201cunprovoked\u201d attack, stating that Tehran violated the country\u2019s sovereignty.
\nMeanwhile, in response to the strikes that Iran claimed targeted a militant organisation, Pakistan also launched an attack overnight resulting in the killing of several militant targets residing in the border region in Iran. According to Tehran, the attack by Islamabad has claimed at least seven civilians.
\nDuring a press conference in Beijing, China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said the Chinese side sincerely hopes that the two sides can exercise calm and restraint and avoid an escalation of tension. \u201cWe are also willing to play a constructive role in de-escalating the situation if both sides so wish,\u201d she added.
\n\u201cChina always stands that relations between countries should be handled in accordance with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and international law and that countries\u2019 sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity should be respected and safeguarded.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier today, the Chinese Consul General in Karachi Yang Yundong also iterated China\u2019s willingness to play a constructive role in settling differences between both nations.<\/p>\n
\u201cChina would like to ask Pakistan and Iran that we will like to play a constructive role to settle the differences between the two countries,\u201d Yundong said exclusively talking to Geo News.<\/p>\n
To a question on Iran\u2019s blatant breach of Pakistan\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan-Iran tensions Islamabad China has expressed willingness to facilitate mediation between Pakistan and Iran in the aftermath of a series of attacks on militant targets by both governments across the respective borders, leading to loss of lives on both sides. The missile strike, initiated by Iran without any provocation late Tuesday night, caused the death […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-381617","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n