BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) -- Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met with a delegation led by Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran, in Beijing on Tuesday.
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China supports countries in the Middle East in upholding strategic independence and taking their destiny into their own hands, and welcomes Syria's return to the big family of the Arab League, Wang said.
China will continue to contribute to security and stability in the Middle East and world peace and development, Wang added.
Zolghadr said Iran attaches importance to enhancing exchanges of governance experience with China and hopes to strengthen international cooperation and safeguard international fairness and justice.