Is China’s new mediation body gaining steam as Western brokers’ influence wanes?

Global envoys and experts are doubling down on mediation as a preferred way to resolve regional conflicts amid stalled Iran-peace-talks" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="120988" data-entity-type="event">US-Iran peace talks and China’s appeal for more countries to join its new mediation body.According to Cui Jianchun, commissioner of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong, mediation ensures “to the greatest extent” the autonomy of disputing parties and its “unique charm” is the high respect given to the will of the parties.Cui made the remarks at a summit in Hong Kong on May 8 held by the mediation" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="79809" data-entity-type="organization">International Organisation for mediation (IOMed), the world’s first intergovernmental body focused on mediation-based dispute solutions.