China, Pakistan propose peace plan for West Asia, call for ‘immediate’ end to hostilities

China and Pakistan connected Tuesday (March 31, 2026) enactment guardant a five-point bid connection to extremity the West Asia war, including a telephone for harmless transition of ships done the Strait of Hormuz.

The bid connection was enactment guardant aft Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks connected the Iran concern with visiting Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar.

Mr. Dar arrived successful Beijing to little Mr. Wang astir his caller talks with the Foreign Ministers of Turkiye, Egypt and Saudi Arabia to beforehand talks betwixt the U.S. and Iran to extremity the ongoing conflict.

After Dar-Wang talks, the 2 countries enactment guardant 5 proposals connected restoring bid and stableness successful the Gulf portion and West Asia, arsenic good arsenic harmless transition done the Strait.

The proposals included the contiguous cessation of hostilities, initiation of bid talks arsenic soon arsenic possible, ensuring the information of non-military targets and information of navigation, and safeguarding the primacy of the UN Charter.

The Strait of Hormuz, unneurotic with its adjacent waters, is an important planetary shipping way for goods and energy, a associated connection issued aft their talks said.

China and Pakistan connected Strait of Hormuz

“China and Pakistan telephone connected the parties to support the information of ships and unit members stranded successful the Strait of Hormuz, let the aboriginal and harmless transition of civilian and commercialized ships, and reconstruct mean transition done the Strait arsenic soon arsenic possible,” Pakistani media reported, quoting the associated statement.

Earlier, China said 3 of its ships carrying lipid supplies had passed done the Strait of Hormuz and thanked applicable parties for facilitation and coordination.

After coordination with applicable parties, 3 Chinese ships precocious transited the Strait of Hormuz. We explicit appreciation for the assistance of applicable parties, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told a media briefing successful Beijing, without naming Iran, which is presently controlling the question of lipid shipments from the Gulf crossing the Strait.

Iran is demanding planetary designation of its sovereignty implicit the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz and waters adjacent are an important way for planetary goods and vigor trade. China calls for an contiguous extremity to hostilities to reconstruct bid and stableness successful the Gulf, Mr. Mao said.

This is the archetypal clip China, a ample importer of Iranian lipid for years contempt U.S. sanctions, spoke of its ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid reports that Iran is permitting Chinese ships to transverse the Strait fixed the adjacent strategical ties.

Ever since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, China has been calling connected each countries to instantly halt subject operations.

Beijing has besides been calling for keeping the Strait of Hormuz open, arsenic its closure resulted successful wide disruption of substance supplies.

While condemning the attacks connected Iran, China is besides preparing for U.S. President Donald Trump's sojourn scheduled for May 14-15, during which expectations are precocious to finalise a commercialized woody betwixt the 2 countries.