Sept 23 — At a routine Foreign Ministry briefing, spokesman Guo Jiakun was asked by AFP whether China would continue to permit Iranian commercial flights to land after the U.S. said it would start penalizing countries that allow such flights from today. Guo said China's position is consistent and that Beijing firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions lacking UN Security Council authorization.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said at a UN General Assembly press briefing he is ready to enter trilateral talks with Russian President Putin and US President Trump aimed at ending the war. He called his meeting with Trump positive and said they discussed possible de-escalation measures to reopen diplomatic channels, including a potential energy ceasefire under which parties would not strike each other’s energy infrastructure; any Russian signal of engagement would indicate willingness to act. Zelenskiy said he did not receive a specific US commitment on additional interceptor missile systems, though the tone was positive, and he urged Trump to expedite licensing for Ukraine to produce Patriot missile systems.

Combined turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges totaled RMB1.765 trillion on Sept. 23, down RMB370.574 billion from the prior session. Shanghai turnover was RMB834.133 billion (prev. RMB1,007.996 billion) with volume 467 million lots (vs 506 million); Shenzhen turnover was RMB930.844 billion (prev. RMB1,127.555 billion) with volume 585 million lots (vs 646 million). Zhongji Xuchuang led individual-stock turnover at RMB13.68 billion, followed by Changxin Technology RMB12.149 billion, Hengtong Optic RMB11.147 billion, GigaDevice RMB10.522 billion and Xinyisheng RMB10.295 billion.