China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi stated on Monday that Iran and Saudi Arabia continue to take steps to improve relations following a Beijing-brokered deal signed in March.
Wang underlined that the rapprochement leads to a “wave of reconciliation” in the Middle East. Beijing “appreciates the correct decision made by the Iranian side”, he noted in a statement.
The minister affirmed that China believes that only by restoring the integrity and effective implementation of the 2015 deal between Tehran and a group of world powers can the Iranian nuclear issue be “fundamentally resolved.”
Wang’s remarks come just days after Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian visited Saudi Arabia for the first time since the resumption of ties between the countries.
He praised his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan for their “successful” talks in Riyadh, which took place a week after the Saudi embassy in Tehran had officially reopened.
