Ukraine has become target for Iran: Iranian lawmaker

Ukraine has become a target for Iran because of its involvement in the U.S.-Israeli war against the Islamic republic, an Iranian lawmaker said on a social media platform on Saturday.

Ebrahim Azizi, head of Iran's parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, has declared that Ukraine has become a "legitimate target" of Iran due to its support to Israel.

In his social media post published on Saturday, Azizi announced that "by providing drone support to the Israeli regime," Ukraine has "turned its entire territory into a legitimate target for Iran."

In response, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called the threat "absurd" in a statement.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said on multiple occasions that Ukraine is willing to assist relevant countries in intercepting Iranian drones. Earlier media reports said that Ukraine has dispatched anti-drone experts to the Middle East to begin operations in the coming days.

Ukraine has become target for Iran: Iranian lawmaker

Ukraine has become target for Iran: Iranian lawmaker

Ukraine has become target for Iran: Iranian lawmaker

Ukraine has become target for Iran: Iranian lawmaker

Ukraine has become target for Iran: Iranian lawmaker

The Taiwan question concerns China's core interests and constitutes the biggest risk in China-U.S. relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday when speaking to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the phone.

Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, noted that the U.S. side should honor its commitments and make the right choices, opening new space for China-U.S. cooperation and doing its part to promote world peace.

Head-of-state diplomacy has always been the "anchor" of China-U.S. relations, Wang said.

Noting that bilateral ties have generally remained stable under the strategic guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump, Wang said it serves the fundamental interests of both peoples and meets the common expectations of the international community.

Both sides should safeguard the hard-won stability, prepare well for key high-level interaction agendas, expand areas of cooperation, manage differences, explore building a China-U.S. relationship that is strategic, constructive and stable, and achieve mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.

For his part, Rubio said that the U.S.-China relationship is the most important bilateral relationship in the world, and head-of-state diplomacy is at the core of the relationship.

Both sides should maintain communication and coordination, respect each other, properly handle differences, accumulate achievements for high-level interactions between the United States and China, and seek strategic stability in U.S.-China relations, said Rubio.

The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in the Middle East, among others.

Taiwan question constitutes biggest risk in China-US relations: Chinese FM