Chinese FM Meets With Arab Counterparts, Calls for Halt on Attacks on Red Sea Shipping

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang held talks with Sudan's Foreign Minister Hussein Awad (LEFT) and Yemeni Foreign Minister Shayea Mohsen Al-Zindani (RIGHT) in Beijing on May 28, 2024. Images via Xinhua.

China’s foreign minister devoted much of his day on Tuesday to separate talks with visiting foreign ministers from Sudan and Yemen who were in Beijing for this week’s China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.

During his meeting with his Yemeni counterpart Shaya Mohsin Zindani, Wang issued a rare public critique of Yemen-based Houthi militants who have disrupted global trade by attacking cargo ships passing through the Red Sea.

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