We are ready to cooperate with Russia to calm the situation in the Middle East

The Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday that Foreign Minister Wang Yi informed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during a phone call that China is ready to continue cooperation with Russia in the UN Security Council and make efforts to calm the situation in the Middle East.

Wang said that the main way to deal with navigation problems in the Strait of Hormuz is to reach a ceasefire as soon as possible, adding that China has always called for a political settlement of the crisis issues through dialogue and negotiation.

The call came before an expected vote in the UN Security Council in the coming days on a draft Bahraini resolution to protect commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and its surroundings.