US national security adviser Jake Sullivan has urged Beijing to use its leverage with Tehran to rein in Iranian-backed Houthi attacks on vessels in the Red Sea in a back-channel meeting with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi.
A senior US official said Sullivan had raised the issue with Wang during two days of discussions in Bangkok, Thailand.
The official said China had “substantial leverage” with Iran and that Beijing said it had raised the issue with Tehran. But she said the US was trying to see if Beijing had raised it and whether any of its efforts would be effective.
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