Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Monday, November 2, in a meeting with Haitham bin Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, said that the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region should not become a battleground for the competition of great powers, and China is ready to cooperate with Arab countries to achieve lasting peace. China has traditionally played a low-key diplomatic role in the Middle East, but has stepped up its efforts to help end tensions in the US-Israeli war against Iran. After Monday's talks, the leaders of China and Oman issued a 20-point joint statement, asking the US and Iran to seek peaceful options to end the war and return to the Islamabad accord. Ali Bagri Keni, Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, traveled to Beijing at the same time as the Sultan of Oman.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Monday, November 2, in a meeting with Haitham bin Tariq, the Sultan of Oman, said that the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region should not become a battleground for the competition of great powers, and China is ready to cooperate with Arab countries to achieve lasting peace. China has traditionally played a low-key diplomatic role in the Middle East, but has stepped up its efforts to help end tensions in the US-Israeli war against Iran. After Monday's talks, the leaders of China and Oman issued a 20-point joint statement, asking the US and Iran to seek peaceful options to end the war and return to the Islamabad accord. Ali Bagri Keni, Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran, traveled to Beijing at the same time as the Sultan of Oman.