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China's UN ambassador Fu Cong said on Friday it was an urgent necessity to maintain the Iran war ceasefire and that he was sure the Strait of Hormuz issue would be high on the agenda if it is still closed when US President Donald Trump goes to China this month. Fu told reporters at the United Nations the strait needed to be reopened as quickly as possible. He said China was very concerned about remarks it had heard recently about the ceasefire being temporary and the need to initiate another round of attacks. "Iran needs to lift its restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz, and the U.S. needs to lift its naval blockade," he said. "The most urgent issue is to keep the ceasefire. And the ceasefire needs to last, and there has to be a good-faith negotiation between the two sides," he said. Fu was speaking at the start of the month-long Chinese presidency of the UN Security Council. #china #iran #us #war #ceasefire #israel #un

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