Live Blog Update| War on Iran 16 September 2026 13:58 BST China encourages Iran and the US to remain rational, exercise restraint, return to the Islamabad memorandum and "engage in substantive consultations", Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart in Beijing on Wednesday. "We urge all parties to take effective measures to reopen the Strait of Hormuz at an early date" to safeguard the stability of international energy transport and supply chains, Wang said, according to China's foreign ministry. Tehran and Washington should "rebuild the negotiation mechanism based on the consensus reached so far", Wang told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who is on a one-day visit to Beijing. The talks between the two diplomats came a week ahead of an expected meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington.
China urges Iran, US to resume talks and reopen Strait of Hormuz
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