KARACHI: Chinese Consul General Yang Yundong stated on Thursday that Beijing would want to play a constructive role in resolving disagreements between Islamabad and Tehran amid the escalation of tensions between Pakistan and Iran.
In an exclusive interview with Geo News, Yundong stated, “China would like to ask Pakistan and Iran that we would like to play a constructive role to settle the differences between the two countries.”
In response to a query about Iran’s flagrant violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty by firing a missile into Balochistan, he stated that China hoped that as Iran and Pakistan were the two main nations in the Muslim world and the area, their issues could be resolved amicably through diplomacy and other means.
Following Tehran’s breach of Pakistani airspace on January 17, which resulted in the deaths of two Pakistanis and numerous injuries, Pakistan issued a warning to Iran threatening dire repercussions.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch had issued a statement saying, “Pakistan strongly condemns the unprovoked violation of its airspace by Iran which resulted in the death of two innocent children while injuring three girls.”
