{"id":4252,"date":"2026-04-14T10:44:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:44:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T10:44:03","slug":"spains-sanchez-calls-china-key-mediator-in-global-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/4252\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s S\u00e1nchez calls China key mediator in global conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>14 April 2026 13:37<\/p>\n<p>Spain\u2019s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has described China as a key global interlocutor capable of helping to resolve major international conflicts, including tensions involving Iran and the war in Ukraine, urging Beijing to take a more active diplomatic role.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on April 14 after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a visit to China, S\u00e1nchez said he sees few other actors with comparable influence in efforts to de-escalate current crises, <a href=\"https:\/\/caliber.az\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Caliber.Az<\/a> reports via <a style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219);\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/iran-war-israel-trump-04-14-2026#0000019d-8aec-d1f7-a9bf-eafe72790000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">foreign media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it very difficult to find other interlocutors, beyond China, who can resolve this situation created in Iran and the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>S\u00e1nchez is in China for his fourth visit in just over three years, as Spain seeks to deepen both political and commercial ties with the world\u2019s second-largest economy.<\/p>\n<p>During his remarks, the Spanish leader also called for accountability for violations of international law and described the situation in Gaza in stark terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInternational law is being violated today, fundamentally by one country: the government of Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is also an absolutely illegal response from the Iranian regime regarding a war that we have described from the very beginning as a mistake and an illegality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By Sabina Mammadli<\/p>\n<p>Caliber.Az<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the key topics in this news story.<\/p>\n<p>Views: 67<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"14 April 2026 13:37 Spain\u2019s Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has described China as a key global interlocutor capable&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3074,3080,3079,3075,3078,1071,3077,3076,3073,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-4252","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-analysis-of-azerbaijan","9":"tag-azerbaijan","10":"tag-baku","11":"tag-important-news-of-azerbaijan","12":"tag-international-experts","13":"tag-interviews","14":"tag-interviews-with-azerbaijani-analysts","15":"tag-news-from-baku","16":"tag-news-of-azerbaijan","17":"tag-spain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}