China condemns killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei, calls for truce
The Straits Times
China strongly condemns the killing of Iran's supreme leader and calls for an immediate halt to the escalating conflict in the Middle East. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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BEIJING – China said it “strongly condemns” the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as it again called for a halt to a spiraling conflict between Iran and the United States and its ally, Israel.
The killing is “a serious violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security, a trampling on the aims and principles of the UN Charter and the basic norms of international relations”, China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“China firmly opposes and strongly condemns this,” it added, as it called for the “immediate halting of military operations” so that talks towards a more permanent solution could begin.
The Xinhua news agency reported that China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has spoken to his Russian counterpart, Mr Sergei Lavrov.
In that conversation, Mr Wang said the strikes carried out by US and Israeli forces, as well as US President Donald Trump’s call for regime change in Iran, are “unacceptable”.
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