Foreign Minister Wang Yi calls for restraint and ceasefire, offers Beijing mediation to support regional peace
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends the ASEAN post-ministerial conference with China at the convention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 10, 2025. Source: Reuters
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that problems between Afghanistan and Pakistan can only be resolved through dialogue and consultation.
China Xinua Reports said that the use of force would only complicate the situation and intensify contradictions, which would not benefit either side and threaten regional peace and stability, he said.
Wang, also a member of the Politburo 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 in mediating the conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan, noting that the Afghan people, who suffered greatly from the war, cherish the opportunities for peace and development.
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Afghanistan’s foreign minister said his country wanted to be a source of regional peace rather than unrest, reaffirming that its territory would not be used to attack neighboring countries.
Afghanistan does not wish to engage in military conflict with other countries and hopes for mutual trust and friendly coexistence with neighboring countries, he said.
The Afghan side believes that dialogue and consultations are the only way to resolve issues and hopes that China, as a major country and friendly neighbor, will play a greater 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, jointly overcome difficulties and chart a course for cooperative security and common security.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are inseparable brothers and neighbors who cannot distance themselves from each other, he said.
China has always maintained an objective and impartial stance on the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict, Wang said.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for Afghan affairs is shuttling between the two countries for mediation purposes, he said, adding that it is hoped that the two sides will remain calm and exercise restraint, have face-to-face exchanges as soon as possible, reach 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 contribute to reconciliation and détente between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Wang said.
The two sides also exchanged views on the situation in Iran.
Wang reaffirmed China’s principled position, saying China is willing to work with the international community, including Afghanistan, to play more of a constructive role in the struggle for peace.
