"Middle East land of its people, not anyone's backyard"

TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – China's foreign ministry's spokesman has reacted to US President Joe Biden's remarks at Jeddah Summit, stressing that the Middle East belongs to Middle Easterners.

According to the Twitter account of the China Embassy in Iraq, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded to Biden's comments at Jeddah Summit and saidو "The #MiddleEast is a land of its people, not anyone’s backyard. There is no so-called 'vacuum' there."

Joe Biden said at the Jedda Summit in Saudi Arabia earlier on Saturday that "We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran.”