“The truce that emerged after six weeks of war remains fragile, even as diplomatic signals from Washington, Tehran and Islamabad suggest the meeting is likely to go ahead.
Amid the uncertainties and the mistrust, it was perhaps unsurprising that Iran’s ambassador to China, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, publicly expressed hope that Beijing could act as a guarantor of the process. The suggestion followed reports that China maintained contact with both Washington and Tehran during the diplomatic push that helped produce the ceasefire.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is author of the article “Engaged but uncommitted: China watches Iran and US fight and talk” for Iran International.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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