Fu told reporters at the United Nations the strait needed to be reopened as quickly as possible. He said China was very concerned about remarks it had heard recently about the ceasefire being temporary and the need to initiate another round of attacks.
“Iran needs to lift its restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. needs to lift its naval blockade,” he said.
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“The most urgent issue is to keep the ceasefire. And the ceasefire needs to last, and there has to be a good-faith negotiation between the two sides,” he said.
“I think the international community should be mobilized and raise our voices against the resumption of fighting.”
Asked about President Donald Trump’s visit to China scheduled for this month, he said: “I’m sure if Hormuz is still closed by the time President Trump goes to China, this issue will be high on the agenda of the bilateral talks.”Fu also rejected allegations from some U.S. officials about military cooperation between China and Iran as “false.”
Fu was briefing at the start of the month-long Chinese presidency of the U.N. Security Council and said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will chair a session of the council on May 26.
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The U.S. State Department did not respond immediately when asked if there were plans for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to meet Wang while he was in the U.S.
