China’s President Xi Jinping at a meeting on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan June 14, 2019. — Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin pic via Reuters
BEIJING, Sept 20 — Chinese President Xi Jinping today condemned weekend strikes on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, state media reported, with tensions in the Gulf region soaring after Washington blamed the attacks on Iran.
Xi made the comments during phone talks with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, and called “on relevant parties to refrain from from taking any actions that may escalate tensions in the region”, Xinhua added. — AFP