DUSHANBE: Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref that the sovereignty and security of all countries should be respected, as the two met on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Dushanbe on Monday, according to China’s state-run media Xinhua.
China is ready to advance exchanges and cooperation across various fields with Iran, Li was quoted as saying.
Li urged “all parties concerned” to opt for peace, resume dialogue and negotiations, and resolve differences through political and diplomatic means so as to help restore peace to the region at an early date, according to Xinhua.
