Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi condemned the US-Israeli aggression against Iran during a recent phone conversation with his French counterpart, Jean-Noel Barrot.
According to a statement published Tuesday on China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, Wang told Barrot that the international community must unite against any nation violating international law by imposing its will through military force.
“Major powers should not attack other countries at will by relying on military superiority, and the world must not be allowed to regress to the law of the jungle,” Wang stated.
He emphasized that the Iranian nuclear issue must ultimately return to the track of political and diplomatic settlement.
“The international community must refrain from using double standards,” the Chinese minister stated.
Wang expressed hope that France would maintain an objective and fair position and collaborate with China to steer the situation toward de-escalation while jointly safeguarding fundamental norms of international relations.
Barrot acknowledged that the military strikes launched by the US and Israel on Iran occurred without consultation with, or authorization from, the UN Security Council (UNSC).
Russia strongly condemns US-Israeli aggression on Iran, calls for UNSC meeting
Russia strongly condemns US-Israeli aggression on Iran, calls for UNSC meeting
Russia condemns the “aggressive attacks” launched by the United States and the Israeli regime against Iran and called an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
He noted that as permanent UNSC members, France and China share a special responsibility for maintaining international peace and security.
Pointing to China’s close relationship with Iran and other Persian Gulf nations, Barrot expressed hope that Beijing could help bring the current regional escalation to an end.
The US and Israel initiated a joint military aggression against Iran on Saturday, assassinating the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, and several senior Iranian military officials.
Since then, the Iranian armed forces have swiftly and decisively retaliated, launching barrages of missiles and drones against Israeli-occupied territories and US bases in the region.
The Iranian officials have stated that targeting the US military bases in the region constitutes a “legitimate self-defense.”
Referring to Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, they said that the Islamic Republic has the legal right to defend itself against “acts of aggression” by the US or the Israeli regime.
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Volker Turk has warned that efforts to advance reparatory justice are facing resistance in “certain quarters,” and urged countries to back Africa’s push.
Reparatory justice for historical crimes, including colonialism, enslavement, and the trade in enslaved Africans, is crucial to dismantling systemic racism, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said.
Speaking at the UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent on Tuesday, Turk linked present-day discrimination against people from the continent to the enduring legacy of colonialism and enslavement.
”Racism and dehumanizing rhetoric continue to permeate public institutions, communities, and online platforms,” he said, according to the UN Press Service. Turk noted that “digital technologies, including AI, are reproducing and amplifying existing biases against people of African descent.”
The remarks come weeks after the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest...
The US VP had to defend President Trump’s Gaza policy at a rally on a Georgia college campus.
US Vice President J.D. Vance was forced to defend Washington’s policy in Gaza after he was booed and heckled at a key MAGA event on Wednesday.
Co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is a conservative student group that has long been seen as a strong support base of President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement but is now showing apparent cracks.
Less than 15 minutes into a TPUSA event at the University of Georgia on Wednesday, Vance was interrupted by hecklers over US policy in Gaza, with one audience member shouting, “Jesus Christ does not support genocide!” As he attempted to respond, others shouted, “You’re killing children!” and “You’re bombing children!”
Vance replied by referring to Trump’s achievements as president, including securing a fragile ceasefire in Gaza, something he said the previous administration of Joe Biden failed to do.
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Sergey Shoigu has cautioned Finland and the Baltic states against allowing Kiev to use their airspace for attacks on Russia.
Russia would have the right to retaliate if Finland and the Baltic states are deliberately allowing Ukrainian drones to pass through their airspace, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said on Thursday.
“Recently, there has been an increase in Ukrainian drone strikes against Russia via Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia,” Shoigu told journalists. “As a result, civilians are suffering and significant damage is being caused to civilian infrastructure.”
Either Western air defenses are proving ineffective, or these four countries “deliberately provide their airspace, thereby becoming open accomplices in aggression against Russia,” he added. In the latter case, Moscow has the right to self-defense in response to an “armed attack” under Article 51 of the UN Charter, the security chief stressed.
In recent weeks, Kiev has intensified drone strikes on ...
