China Says US Didn’t Give It Any Notice Before Attacking Iran

China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning, on March 2.

Photographer: Johannes Neudecker/dpa/AP Photo

Beijing said Washington gave the government no advance warning of its attack on Iran, as it called for an immediate end to the hostilities.

“I can say that China was not informed beforehand,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Monday.