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Apr 16, 2026

China Makes Big Announcement As Trump Arrives For Summit

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on Wednesday with his Pakistani Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and pushed for a peace solution between the U.S. and Iran.

Speaking on the phone, Yi told Dar that Pakistan should “maintain confidence” and “step up mediation efforts” between the U.S. and Iran.

The comments came mere moments before President Donald Trump landed in Beijing for a visit with President Xi Jinping.

Dar has been one of the principal figures in Pakistan, serving as an intermediary between Tehran and Washington.

Despite recent tensions over Pakistan allowing Iranian military aircraft to remain parked on tarmacs in the country, Pakistan has continued trying to cajole American and Iranian negotiators back into peace talks.

Those talks appeared to have been mostly stopped as Trump landed in China two days after the U.S. president dismissed Tehran’s answer to the latest American peace offering as “totally unacceptable.”

Wang “commended Pakistan for encouraging dialogue between the United States and Iran and for assisting in extending the provisional ceasefire,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry official said in a summary of the phone discussion.

He expressed hope that “Pakistan will maintain confidence, step up mediation efforts, and contribute to properly resolving the issue of opening the Strait of Hormuz and the early restoration of regional peace, which is also the common aspiration of the international community.”

“China will continue to support Pakistan’s mediation efforts and make its own contribution toward this end,” spokesperson Lin Jian said.

Trump landed in China early on Wednesday morning.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is one of several business executives accompanying Trump on Air Force One as he travels to Beijing for the summit.

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