Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks during a U.N. Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, on June 22, 2025.
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China and Russia used their veto power on April 7 to block a United Nations Security Council resolution to coordinate efforts to protect maritime trade routes along the Strait of Hormuz.
The narrow waterway has come under Iranian attack in recent weeks.
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