China’s Wang Yi meets Iran’s Araghchi before Trump trip amid Gulf shipping concerns

China hosted Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing on Wednesday, just days before U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit China, in a meeting that comes amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf and concerns over global energy flows.

Araghchi met China’s top diplomat Wang Yi on Wednesday morning, according to state news agency Xinhua, in their first in-person talks since the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28.

China’s foreign ministry said it...