Sun Lei, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations on Thursday urged all parties concerned to stay calm and exercise restraint to avoid further escalation of the situation in Yemen.
At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Yemen, Sun said that the situation in Yemen has escalated drastically in the past month, with the conflict intensity reaching its highest level since a ceasefire agreement was signed in the April 2022.
Meanwhile, security risks in the Red Sea shipping lanes have been on the rise, sparking widespread concern of the international community, he said.
The current escalation of tensions in Yemen has taken place in the backdrop of growing instability in the Middle East and is the result of the spillover effects of regional conflicts, said Sun.
The Chinese envoy said the most urgent priority is to de-escalate the situation and prevent the conflict from continuing to expand. He called on all parties involved to remain calm and exercise restraint to avoid further escalation.
Chinese envoy calls for de-escalation in Yemen situation
The nine mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) recorded 9.46 trillion yuan (around 1.42 trillion U.S. dollars) in foreign trade in the first 10 months, up 26 percent year on year, according to statistics from the Guangdong Sub-administration of the General Administration of Customs on Friday.
As a city cluster, the GBA is one of the most economically open areas in China. It is composed of nine cities in south China's Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing, and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao.
The growth was six percentage points faster than the national average, buoyed by the country's strong international trade and the region's vitality as an export hub. The nine cities accounted for 21.1 percent of China's total foreign trade value, up one percentage point from the same period last year.
Exports reached 5.54 trillion yuan (around 830 billion U.S. dollars), up 15.1 percent, while imports rose 45.4 percent to 3.92 trillion yuan (around 590 billion U.S. dollars).
Mainland cities of Greater Bay Area see 26 pct trade growth in first 10 months
