On September 1, 2023, Director-General of the Department of Consular Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Wu Xi met with newly-appointed Ambassador of Iran to China Mohsen Bakhtiar. Wu Xi welcomed Bakhtiar's assumption of his new post, and introduced China's recent measures to facilitate personnel exchanges. The two sides had an exchange of views on developing China-Iran consular relations, facilitating personnel exchanges, and safeguarding citizens' safety and legitimate rights and interests, among others.