The call followed a meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar in Shanghai.
The two sides expressed “deep concern over the deterioration of the situation in Iran” and called for support from the international community to cease hostilities and reach a comprehensive peace deal through dialogue.
Beijing and Islamabad have sought to mediate in the months-long Middle East conflict, which rekindled with renewed fighting over the Strait of Hormuz after the signing of a preliminary agreement aiming to end the war.
Wang said that accord “did not come easily”, adding that it “deserved to be cherished and safeguarded with utmost care”.
The US and Iran exchanged strikes again on Friday, with Tehran accusing Washington of striking civilian sites, including an airport, railway station and two bridges.
In response to those attacks, Iran said it launched a barrage of drone strikes against US military allies and infrastructure in Kuwait, including two marine and air radar sites belonging to the US in the Gulf sultanate of Oman as well as “the enemy’s special operations command centre in Syria’s Al-Tanf region. (Xinhua/AFP)