China Continues Gulf Diplomacy

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li met with ambassadors from Gulf Cooperation Council countries in Beijing on September 26, 2022. Image via the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

China’s Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deng Li, met with ambassadors from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries on Monday. Envoys from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, and other member countries joined the meeting, which reportedly touched on the ongoing crisis in Yemen, among other (unspecified) topics. 

(CHINESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WECHAT PAGE — in Chinese)

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