Washington asks Beijing to press Iran for end to Houthi attacks in Red Sea

Washington has asked Beijing to press Iran for an end to attacks on Red Sea shipping carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, a senior White House official says.

During a meeting in Bangkok with top China diplomat Wang Yi, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan “raised the importance of Beijing using [its] leverage with Iran to call for an end, and bring an end” to the attacks that the rebel groups claim are in support of Palestinians and Gaza, the official tells reporters.

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