In a meeting with Iran’s number two official last week, China’s premier reiterated Beijing’s support for the Middle East nation. Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber at a meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states in Bishkek, capital of Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 26. Mr. Li said China will support Iran in securing its “state sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national dignity, and resolutely oppose any external interference in Iran’s internal affairs,” according to a statement by the Chinese foreign ministry, published on China’s various embassy websites. The statement, with carefully chosen words that specifically reference Iran’s own concerns, comes at a time when the region is under the threat of a widening war, due to the Israel–Hamas war that was ignited by the Hamas terror group’s brutal Oct. 7 attack....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/in-depth-tehran-seeks-security-from-beijing-amidst-fears-of-a-general-conflagration-in-the-middle-east-5519447