China to support Pacific Island countries on climate change with 100 projects over next 3 years: FM

China will implement 100 "small and beautiful" projects on addressing climate change for Pacific island countries in the next three years, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks at a press conference after co-hosting the Third China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting with Kiribati's President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau, in Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province.

"Over the next three years, China will implement 100 'small and beautiful' projects to help Pacific Island countries tackle climate change. We will also support these nations in protecting marine ecosystems, responding to rising sea levels and coastal erosion, and managing other ocean-related disasters. In addition, we are ready to share our early warning technologies with these countries," said Wang.

All people in the world should make joint efforts to address climate change, said Wang.

As a progressive, constructive force in the international community, China will stand together firmly with its fellow developing countries and be a trustworthy, reliable, warm-hearted friend of the countries in the Global South, including Pacific Island countries, Wang noted.

China to support Pacific Island countries on climate change with 100 projects over next 3 years: FM

China to support Pacific Island countries on climate change with 100 projects over next 3 years: FM

China to support Pacific Island countries on climate change with 100 projects over next 3 years: FM

China to support Pacific Island countries on climate change with 100 projects over next 3 years: FM

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is "under total control" following violence linked to protests that spiked over the weekend.

Addressing foreign diplomats in Tehran, the foreign minister noted that armed terrorist groups had infiltrated the protests, attempting to divert them from their legitimate course. He claimed that evidence has been gathered showing Iranian security forces being shot at, with the aim of causing further casualties. He accused the United States and Israel of exploiting the unrest to interfere in Iran's internal affairs.

Araghchi further stated that the government is closely monitoring developments on the streets, emphasizing that "the situation has come under control." He also affirmed that internet services, curtailed during the unrest, would be restored after coordination with security agencies.

The government has engaged in dialogue with merchants and protest representatives and initiated reforms to address grievances related to price hikes and currency depreciation. Iran has taken a series of actions and measures to respond to the demands of peaceful demonstrators, the foreign minister said.

Earlier on Sunday, Araghchi said that clear evidence links recent riots and vandalism of public facilities in Iran to the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. This came after former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned Mossad agents operating on Iran's streets in a social media post. The Iranian foreign minister asserted that police are being attacked by "terrorists" acting under the direction of Israeli operatives, whom Pompeo publicly acknowledged.

The protests initially erupted over a sharp depreciation of the rial and sweeping subsidy reforms. Iranian authorities have blamed the unrest on foreign-linked agents and U.S. sanctions.

Iranian foreign minister says situation "fully under control," accuses Israeli intelligence of stoking unrest