BEIJING: China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a press conference in the Chinese capital that the war, which was sparked by US and Israeli strikes on Iran, “should never have happened.” “A strong fist does not mean strong reason. The world cannot return to the law of the jungle,” he told reporters.

The foreign minister called for preventing further escalation, spread of the conflict outside the region

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi says US-Israel war on Iran ‘should never have happened’ as strikes continue to hit Tehran and Beirut

Wang Yi cautioned against a return to the ‘law of the jungle’ but stopped short of criticising Trump directly

BEIJING: China’s top diplomat condemned on Sunday the war in the Middle East and urged the United States to iron out its differences with Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a…