BEIJING, April 20: China said on Sunday that it supported a call by eight Middle Eastern foreign ministers for US and British forces to pull out of Iraq and for the speedy formation of a representative government in Baghdad.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing made the comment while talking by phone with his Iranian counterpart Kamal Kharazi, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The two ministers talked the day after Iraq’s neighbours concluded a meeting in Saudi Arabia.—AFP