{"id":99397,"date":"2026-05-05T20:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/99397\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T20:27:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T20:27:33","slug":"irans-top-diplomat-abbas-araghchi-to-visit-china-days-ahead-of-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/99397\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s top diplomat Abbas Araghchi to visit China days ahead of Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Araghchi was set to arrive on Wednesday and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The two top diplomats have held multiple rounds of calls since the US-Israeli strikes on Iran triggered the current conflict in late February. Throughout, Wang has consistently called for a ceasefire and the guarantee of freedom of navigation, while reaffirming Beijing\u2019s support for Iran in safeguarding its sovereignty and security.<\/p>\n

The trip is the latest in Araghchi\u2019s diplomatic efforts to end the war with the United States and Israel, following recent visits to Russia, Oman and Pakistan to engage high-level officials and seek international support.<\/p>\n

Three months into the war, global energy markets remain in turmoil as a dual blockade of the critical Strait of Hormuz sends crude oil prices to record highs and tests a fragile Pakistan-brokered ceasefire. Meanwhile, efforts for Washington and Tehran to resume talks remain stalled.<\/p>\n

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Trump extends Iran ceasefire after claiming interception of \u2018gift from China\u2019<\/p>\n

Trump extends Iran ceasefire after claiming interception of \u2018gift from China\u2019<\/p>\n

Aragchi\u2019s mission to China comes just days before Trump\u2019s state visit, scheduled to begin on May 14 and widely expected to cover pressing matters including the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Araghchi was set to arrive on Wednesday and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, the Chinese…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[211,383,262,38,34,361,37,49,181,650,55,101,69,51,1705],"class_list":{"0":"post-99397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-abbas-araghchi","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-donald-trump","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iranian","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-middle-east","16":"tag-oman","17":"tag-pakistan","18":"tag-russia","19":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","20":"tag-tehran","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-washington"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116523856273770065","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}