{"id":18042,"date":"2026-03-30T21:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=18042"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T16:24:19","slug":"china-urges-us-and-iran-to-begin-pe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/03\/30\/china-urges-us-and-iran-to-begin-pe\/","title":{"rendered":"China Urges US and Iran to Begin Peace Talks, Praises Pakistan\u2019s Mediation Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>China Urges US and Iran to Begin Peace Talks, Praises Pakistan\u2019s Mediation Efforts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>China on Monday called on the United States and Iran to initiate peace talks \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d while commending Pakistan for its ongoing mediation efforts in the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina calls on relevant parties to start peace talks promptly,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/@SpoxCHN_MaoNing\">Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning<\/a> told reporters, emphasizing that Beijing supports all initiatives that help de-escalate tensions and resume dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question from Anadolu, Mao added, \u201cWe commend Pakistan for its efforts to reduce tensions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said on Sunday that Islamabad would be \u201chonoured\u201d to host talks between the US and Iran as part of broader mediation efforts. The country also recently hosted a quadrilateral foreign ministers\u2019 meeting to support these efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe support Pakistan in its role as a mediator and stand ready to work with them and other parties to strengthen communication, coordination, and initiatives aimed at ending hostilities and safeguarding peace and stability,\u201d Mao said.<\/p>\n<p>She also reiterated China\u2019s opposition to attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, warning that military action would not resolve the conflict. \u201cMilitary means will not address the root cause. The conflict serves no one&#8217;s interests,\u201d Mao said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Urges US and Iran to Begin Peace Talks, Praises Pakistan\u2019s Mediation Efforts China on Monday called on the United States and Iran to initiate peace talks \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d while commending Pakistan for its ongoing mediation efforts in the Middle East conflict. \u201cChina calls on relevant parties to start peace talks promptly,\u201d Chinese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297],"tags":[3783],"class_list":["post-18042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","tag-china-mao-ning"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18045,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18042\/revisions\/18045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}