China will continue to champion international fairness and justice and safeguard peace and stability of the world along with all countries around the world, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, Wang, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, highlighted the significant progress for Chinese diplomacy in the past year and pledged continued efforts to promote peace and justice in face of ongoing international challenges.
"The year of 2024 saw profound changes in the international landscape, and also, remarkable progress in China's reform and development. Under the leadership and guidance of General Secretary Xi Jinping, China's diplomacy achieved significant progress, fostered a favorable external environment for high-quality development, brought much-needed stability to a changing and turbulent world, and made new, solid strides in building a community with a shared future for mankind," Wang said.
He then noted that the international situation is still full of challenges in the year of 2025, but the mission of China's diplomacy remains unchanged.
"We will continue to work with all countries to uphold what is right, steer the direction of our era, defend international fairness and justice, and safeguard world peace and stability," said Wang.
China to continue upholding global justice, peace: FM
China to continue upholding global justice, peace: FM
A Pakistani scholar has stressed the importance of dialogue in resolving the conflict between the United States and Iran, as the two sides remain deadlocked over access to the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's nuclear program.
In recent months, Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between Washington and Tehran, pushing diplomacy as a path to ending the conflict.
In a recent interview with China Global Television Network (CGTN), Rabia Akhtar, dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lahore, affirmed Pakistan's role as a mediator but stressed that whether an agreement is reached and implemented ultimately rests with the two countries.
"Pakistan's role is valuable because keeping a channel open gives the parties somewhere to take those agreements. A mediator can clarify a proposal, explore a sequence of reciprocal steps, and help each side understand what the other might accept. But a mediator cannot make the commitments on their behalf. Ultimately, Washington and Tehran have to decide that an agreement serves their interests and that they are prepared to implement it," she said.
Throughout the conflict, she noted, leaders have publicly deployed strong rhetoric against the other side. Akhtar called on both parties to withdraw from such practices, as they make reaching an agreement all the more difficult.
"There's also the domestic political problem. If you have told your public that anything short of the other side's surrender will be a defeat, you have made your own diplomacy much harder. Leaders need room to explain that a negotiated outcome can protect national interest. And quiet diplomacy helps because it allows options to be explored before every proposal becomes a public test of resolve," she said.
As the need for dialogue over conflict grows, Akhtar highlighted the potential role of China's Global Security Initiative (GSI), which focuses on addressing the world's growing security challenges through cooperation, dialogue, and shared responsibility, and offers a framework for managing crises.
"So for me, the GSI's emphasis on dialogue is relevant to what happens between crises as well as during them. So we need communication that survives political disagreements and commitments, that gives both sides a reason to exercise restraint. We cannot simply wait for trust to appear before we start talking. We have to use dialogue to establish whether commitments can be tested and whether restraint can be reciprocated," the scholar said.
Dialogue essential to resolving US-Iran deadlock: Pakistani scholar
