Overview
- China announced that Foreign Minister Wang Yi will chair a high-level UN Security Council meeting on May 26 in New York and will meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and other foreign ministers.
- The council session is themed “Upholding the Purposes and Principles of the UN Charter and Strengthening the UN‑centered International System” and China says it will welcome foreign ministers and high-level representatives to attend.
- Iran’s foreign minister has been invited to the meeting but Tehran has not yet confirmed whether it will send a delegation.
- After New York, Wang will visit Ottawa from May 28 to 30 for the first Chinese foreign‑minister trip to Canada in ten years to consolidate a recently reset Canada‑China partnership.
- The trip follows high-level China–U.S. engagement in Beijing and comes during a fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, giving the meetings potential influence on diplomatic de‑escalation and on preparations for a planned state visit by Xi to the United States.