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Iran’s top diplomat has warned against “destructive interference” in Syria’s future and said decisions should be made solely by the country’s people. Chinese state media have been writing about this since the official arrived in Beijing.

Abbas Araghchi landed in the Chinese capital to begin his first official visit to the country since becoming foreign minister, Iranian state media reported.

China and Iran supported ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and Tehran was one of the main players supporting Assad during the civil war.

Assad fled Syria this month after an Islamist-led offensive wrested city after city from his control and the capital Damascus fell on December 8.

Iran “believes that making decisions about the future of Syria is the sole responsibility of the people… without destructive interference or foreign imposition,” Araghchi wrote in a Chinese-language article in the People’s Daily newspaper published today.

He also stressed that Iran respects the “unity, national sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Syria.

Cursor previously wrote that Saar made a disappointing statement about the current situation of the new government in Syria.