Iran's foreign ministry said talks are being advanced via mediators and that it will make a public announcement if conditions to begin talks are met.

Chinese ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng told the U.S.-China Business Council annual gala in Washington on the 17th that Xi and Trump’s Beijing meeting was historic and would support bilateral economic and trade cooperation by establishing a new China‑U.S. relationship framework, stabilizing expectations, injecting momentum into exchanges and creating a new dialogue platform to strengthen institutional support for cooperation.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said US domestic turmoil, fatigued and underprepared US forces, lack of a military solution in the Strait of Hormuz, congressional obstruction, allied non-cooperation and international pressure including from Spain are the primary factors keeping the US and Israel's adversaries locked in a stalemate during a third war.