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China said connected Tuesday (March 17, 2026) it volition supply humanitarian assistance to West Asia countries, including Iran and Lebanon, targeted successful U.S. and Israeli strikes successful the struggle present successful its 3rd week.
Beijing is simply a adjacent spouse of Iran and has urged the United States and Israel to cease their attacks connected the country, portion besides criticising Tehran’s strikes against Gulf states lodging U.S. subject bases.
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China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said the warfare had caused “grave humanitarian catastrophes” successful Iran and different West Asia nations.
“China has decided to supply exigency humanitarian assistance to Iran, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq. It is hoped this volition assistance alleviate the humanitarian plight faced by the section populations,” Mr. Lin told a property conference, without providing further details.
“China volition proceed to marque each effort to beforehand bid and halt the war... and to forestall further spreading of the humanitarian crisis,” helium added.
China has sought to mediate successful the war, with its peculiar envoy to the Middle East, Zhai Jun, urging de-escalation erstwhile helium precocious met Saudi Arabia’s overseas curate for talks.
China’s apical diplomat, Wang Yi, has besides said that the warfare “should ne'er person happened” and called for an extremity to fighting.
The humanitarian assistance announcement came aft U.S. President Donald Trump said helium would hold a planned sojourn to Beijing.
Mr. Trump, who postponed his planned sojourn to Beijing owed to the war, according to the White House, has besides pressured China to assistance Washington reopen th Strait of Hormuz.
The captious oversea passage, done which a 5th of planetary lipid supplies usually pass, was efficaciously closed by Iran successful retaliation to US and Israeli strikes.
