BEIJIN
\nChina has pushed back against US President Donald Trump\u2019s threat of an \u201ceconomic warfare\u201d campaign against Iran, stating that more sanctions will not solve the outstanding issues, Al Jazeera reports.
\n\u201cImposing sanctions and pressuring do not help to solve the issue,\u201d China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian tells reporters in Beijing.
\n\u201cChina calls on relevant parties to take responsible measures and solve the issues through diplomatic and political means.\u201d Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdelatty says there is \u201cdaily coordination between Egypt and Qatar\u2026 to reduce escalation and enhance diplomacy in the region\u201d, Al Jazeera reports.
\nIn a press conference with his Qatari counterpart, he has emphasised the need to adhere to international law in the field of maritime navigation.
\nHe has also said Egypt \u201ccondemns and denounces\u201d the Iranian attacks on Qatar and the Gulf states, which are a blatant violation of the sovereignty of states.
\n\u201cThe consequences of this war were grave, not only on the Gulf region but elsewhere in the world,\u201d Sheikh Mohammed has told reporters at a press conference following high-level discussions in El Alamein, Egypt.<\/p>\n
He further says that the security of Qatar and the sisterly Gulf states is an integral part of Egyptian national security and Arab national security. Qatar\u2019s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has said traffic in the Strait of Hormuz must go back to what it was prior to the US-Israeli war on Iran, with no party to the conflict \u201cblackmailing\u201d the other, Al Jazeera reports.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need the situation to go back to what it used to be before,\u201d he says. \u201cWe condemn any threats in this regard in any obstacles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BEIJIN China has pushed back against US President Donald Trump\u2019s threat of an \u201ceconomic warfare\u201d campaign against Iran, stating that more sanctions will not solve the outstanding issues, Al Jazeera reports. \u201cImposing sanctions and pressuring do not help to solve the issue,\u201d China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian tells reporters in Beijing. \u201cChina calls on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563101,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n