China's permanent UN representative Fu Cong told a Nov. 13 Security Council meeting the Gulf situation is undergoing profound change, conflicts are protracted across multiple fronts and spillovers are harming regional security and development. He said US‑Iran talks are deadlocked, Yemen is rapidly deteriorating and the risk of large‑scale regional conflict remains high; recent rhetoric about planning to resume military action against Iran is particularly worrying.

2026-11-14

China's permanent UN representative Fu Cong told a Nov. 13 Security Council meeting the Gulf situation is undergoing profound change, conflicts are protracted across multiple fronts and spillovers are harming regional security and development. He said US‑Iran talks are deadlocked, Yemen is rapidly deteriorating and the risk of large‑scale regional conflict remains high; recent rhetoric about planning to resume military action against Iran is particularly worrying.