Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a Security Council high-level meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. [Zhang Fengguo / Xinhua]

Beijing’s top diplomat says ‘world peace and security are in great jeopardy’ and that UN Charter should be safeguarded at all costs.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks at a Security Council high-level meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. [Zhang Fengguo / Xinhua]