Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday (December 30, 2025) said “tensions between India and Pakistan” were among the list of hotspot issues “mediated” by China this year. Geopolitical turbulence continued to spread”, Mr. Wang said, speaking at the symposium on the “International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations” in Beijing. “Following this Chinese approach to settling hotspot issues, we mediated in northern Myanmar, the Iranian nuclear issue, the tensions between Pakistan and India, the issues between Palestine and Israel, and the recent conflict between Cambodia and Thailand”, he said. On the diplomatic front, China, on May 7, called on India and Pakistan to exercise restraint even while expressing regret over India’s airstrikes. “China finds India’s military operation early this morning regrettable”, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement on the first day of Operation Sindoor, reacting to questions on India’s airstrikes and escalating tensions between India and Pakistan.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2025 19:07 UTC