In a meeting with the visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beijing on Thursday, Yang said talks between Tehran and the P5+1 would be beneficial to Iran, the entire region and different sides.
Iran and the P5+1 - the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany - have held several rounds of talks with the main focus being on Iran’s nuclear energy program.
The last round of the negotiations between Iran and the P5+1was held in Moscow in June, 2012.
China and Russia, as two veto-wielding powers at the UN Security Council, have persistently expressed their support for Iran's civilian nuclear program.
The Chinese foreign minister further praised Iran’s constructive role regarding the developments in Syria and emphasized that the ongoing crisis in the Arab country should be settled through a political approach as war would fail to resolve it.
He added that China and Iran are in close contact with UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, stressing that the future of the crisis-stricken country should be determined by the Syrian people without any interference from outside the country.
Syria has been the scene of unrest since early 2011 and has witnessed the deaths of many people, including large numbers of army and security personnel, in the violence.
Amir-Abdollahian, for his part, lashed out at the US and West for preparing the ground for spreading terrorism and extremism in Syria, expressing Iran’s strong support for the Syrian nation and President Bashar al-Assad’s roadmap to resolve problems in the country.
The Syrian people have been oppressed by the US support for terrorist and extremist groups, he said.
In a key speech on January 6, Assad called for an end to the terrorist operations inside Syria and urged “concerned states and parties” to stop funding, arming and harboring militants.
Assad added that his government is always ready to hold talks with the opposition and political parties and that he would call for a “comprehensive national dialog” after foreign parties end their support for the militants and the terrorist activities cease in the country.
The Iranian official added that enemies are pursuing “indirect interference” in Syria and have dispatched irresponsible armed groups to the country.
“Certain extremist and terrorist groups have found Syria as a secure place for their terrorist acts through the support of Washington,” he said and warned against the spillover of insecurity from Syria to other countries in the region.
The Syrian government says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants fighting the Syrian government are foreign nationals.
Several international human rights organizations have accused foreign-sponsored militants of committing war crimes.
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