Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met and talked with Yemeni Foreign Minister Shaya Mohsin Zindani in Beijing on Tuesday.
The meeting took place ahead of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, which will be held in Beijing on Thursday. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Yemen is one of the earliest Arab countries to establish diplomatic relationship with the People's Republic of China, and China supports Yemen's development and will continue to promote healthy and stable bilateral ties.
Wang reiterated that the current Red Sea tensions are a spillover of the Gaza conflict. He said the urgent task now is to end the fighting and avoid a greater humanitarian disaster.
Wang said China hopes all parties to the Yemeni issue will stick to a political settlement, continue to resolve differences through dialog and negotiation, and strive for an early reconciliation.
Zindani said Yemen supports the one-China principle and appreciates China's support in various respects, including Yemen's socio-economic development.
Chinese, Yemeni FMs meet in Beijing
A Chinese envoy stressed the need for global cooperation to promote international nuclear arms control efforts amid unprecedented and formidable challenges faced by the international nuclear disarmament process, while addressing a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting on nuclear weapons on Monday.
During the thematic debate on nuclear weapons at the 79th session of the UNGA, Shen Jian, Chinese Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, stated that the international nuclear disarmament process is encountering unparalleled challenges stemming from the lack of strategic mutual trust among major powers, escalating geopolitical tensions, and prolonged regional conflicts.
Therefore, there is a need for all countries to jointly work towards reducing nuclear risks, advancing nuclear disarmament, and preventing nuclear proliferation, Shen noted.
According to the Chinese envoy, it is necessary to deescalate regional tensions and end hostilities promptly, reduce the role of nuclear weapons in national security policies, cease the provocative deployment of strategic forces to the forefront, adhere to a practical and feasible path of nuclear disarmament, maintain an objective and rational stance on nuclear transparency issues, and promote international efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation.
"Both the symptoms and root causes of the prominent risks and challenges in the nuclear field should be addressed. Being obsessed with the Cold War mentality, hyping up major power competition, and inciting bloc confrontation will only lead the international nuclear arms control process into a dead end. The international community should uphold the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security, adhere to true multilateralism, respect each other's legitimate security concerns, and work together to promote the international nuclear arms control process," Shen said.
As the current coordinator of the cooperation mechanism of the five nuclear-weapon states, China hosted an expert-level meeting in New York on October 7 to start substantive work during its tenure. China will also continue its efforts to enhance dialogue and cooperation among the five nuclear-weapon states, Shen said.
China calls for global efforts to promote int'l nuclear arms control process
