OREANDA-NEWS  The United States has not informed China about the start of a military operation against Iran. This was stated by the official representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mao Ning, Bloomberg reports.

"I can say that China was not informed in advance," the diplomat said.

She added that China is "deeply concerned that the spread of hostilities has affected other countries in the region." The representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stressed that Beijing "urges the parties to stop military operations."

On February 28, US President Donald Trump announced the start of a large-scale military operation against Iran. Later it became known that the operation was called "Epic Fury".