BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 14. Iran has always
viewed China’s responsible and principled stance on issues related
to regional security in a positive light.
This was announced in a statement published by the Iranian MFA,
citing spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei's remarks at a press conference
in Tehran on September 14.
“China has played a major constructive role at various times in
promoting stability and security in the region. Iran has also
always expressed its readiness to cooperate with China in this
area,” he noted.
Baghaei stated that Iran believes China openly expresses its
principled stance at every opportunity, and this is of great
significance. According to him, China’s principled stance was also
clearly articulated at the BRICS summit. However, this by no means
implies the emergence of a new player as a mediator between Iran
and the U.S. Pakistan is successfully fulfilling its role.
“Overall, Iran’s problem is not about a mediator. The problem
between Iran and the U.S. has never been about a mediator. The
issue lies in the U.S. side’s lack of even a minimum of goodwill to
use diplomacy to resolve problems. Therefore, as long as the U.S.
maintains this strategy, even if a mediator is brought in, it will,
to some extent, damage the image of those mediators as well,” he
noted.
Meanwhile, on July 8, U.S. President Donald Trump announced a
breach of the ceasefire and ordered new strikes against Iran. In
response, Iran launched missile and drone strikes against U.S.
military targets in the Persian Gulf region. Although Washington
has not ruled out the possibility of Iran returning to the
negotiating table, disagreements over security in the Strait of
Hormuz, Iran’s nuclear program, and other issues leave the future
of the peace process uncertain. At present, commercial shipping in
the Strait of Hormuz has once again come to a virtual
standstill.
