Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for restraint and ceasefire, offers Beijing’s mediation to support regional peace
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the ASEAN Post Ministerial Conference with China at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 10, 2025. Source: Reuters
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the problems between Afghanistan and Pakistan can only be resolved through dialogue and consultation.
China Xinua News reported that the use of force would only complicate the situation and intensify the contradictions, which would not benefit either side and threaten regional peace and stability, he said.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks in a telephone conversation with Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi at the latter’s request.
Muttaqi thanked China for its active efforts to mediate the conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan and noted that the Afghan people, who have suffered a lot during war, cherish the opportunities for peace and development.
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The Afghan foreign minister said his country wants to be a source of regional peace rather than unrest and affirmed that its territory will not be used to attack neighboring countries.
Afghanistan does not want to engage in military conflict with other countries and looks forward to mutual trust and friendly coexistence with neighboring countries, he said.
The Afghan side believes that dialogue and consultation is the only way to solve problems and looks forward to China, as a big country and a friendly neighbor, playing a bigger role, he said.
For his part, Wang said that the more unstable the external environment becomes, the more regional countries should strengthen unity and cooperation, overcome difficulties together, and forge a path for cooperative security and common security.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are inseparable brothers and neighbors who cannot be moved away from each other, he said.
China has always maintained an objective and impartial stance on the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, Wang said.
The Special Envoy for Afghan Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry is shuttling between the two countries to mediate, he said, adding that it is hoped that both sides will maintain calm and exercise restraint, have face-to-face exchanges at an early stage, achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible and resolve differences and contradictions through dialogue.
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China is willing to continue to make active efforts to help achieve reconciliation and detente between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Wang said.
The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in Iran.
Wang reaffirmed China’s principled position and stated that China is willing to work with the international community, including Afghanistan, to further play a constructive role in the pursuit of peace.
