“If the Middle East is unstable, the world will not be at peace,” Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday. “If the conflict escalates further, not only will the conflicting parties suffer greater losses, but regional countries will also suffer greatly.”

China hosted a summit for African leaders last week while the Trump administration weighed adding two dozen more African countries to its travel ban list.

Russia and China have announced to form a united front to protect Iran. CNN's report says that a strong message has been sent to Donald Trump. CNN has said in its report that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have appealed to the President to avoid the US's entry into the Israel-Iran war.