{"id":18678,"date":"2026-07-29T11:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/29\/china-calls-for-tension-reduction-dialogue-red-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:00:23","slug":"china-calls-for-tension-reduction-dialogue-red-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/07\/29\/china-calls-for-tension-reduction-dialogue-red-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"China Calls for Tension Reduction and Dialogue in the Red Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated that the country is closely monitoring developments in the Red Sea and urged the involved parties to resolve their disputes through dialogue and consultation.<\/p>\n<p>Mao Ning, the spokesperson, said in a Wednesday press conference in Beijing, in response to questions about reports on potential talks between Chinese officials and Yemen\u2019s Ansarallah regarding maritime security, that Beijing is &#8220;closely following&#8221; the situation in this critical waterway.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that the sovereignty and security of regional countries must be respected, while ensuring the safe and unobstructed passage of ships through international waterways should be jointly protected.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sea is one of the world&#8217;s most important maritime corridors, connecting Europe and Asia. Previously, Yemen\u2019s Ansarallah announced that in response to the Saudi Arabian blockade, it had imposed a reciprocal blockade against Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China urges parties in the Red Sea to reduce tensions and resolve disputes through dialogue amid security concerns and blockade claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}