Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi will visit China on September 16 and hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
Trump announced the date while speaking to executives from the US travel sector earlier this month.
He said he expected the meeting with Xi to yield positive results. “By the way, we have the president of China coming on the 24th; it’ll be very exciting and be great, and I’d love to have him,” Trump said. Pezeshkian said BRICS members had a responsibility to oppose the normalisation of attacks on civilian infrastructure and peaceful nuclear facilities, arguing that such actions posed a direct threat to international peace and security.
The Chinese foreign minister’s meeting with Araghchi follows Iran’s participation in the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, where Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian led the country’s delegation. He also highlighted the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and called for a more active BRICS role on the issue. On the sidelines of the summit, Pezeshkian met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with the two leaders discussing bilateral relations and developments in West Asia.
In a statement posted on X, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will meet Araghchi during the Iranian minister’s visit.
Araghchi’s visit comes ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s expected trip to the United States on September 24, where he is set to meet US President Donald Trump.
