Ambassador to China Vikram Doraiswami speaking at the Protectionism and Global Economic Governance Panel at the 14th World Peace Forum on July 4, 2026. Photo: X/EOIBeijing Rejecting comparisons between India’s role on the world stage and Pakistan’s recent mediation efforts in the Iran crisis, Ambassador to China Vikram Doraiswami said on Saturday (July 4, 2026) that New Delhi’s involvement in an already crowded field would not have particularly benefited India. “The question about mediation that you’re talking about, this is for individual countries to decide whether that adds value to their larger national position. We have done our bit of that in the past. I don’t see how, at this point of time in what is already a crowded field, that would benefit us in any particular way,” he said at the World Peace Forum in Beijing, an annual foreign policy event hosted by Tsinghua University, speaking in response to a question on Pakistan’s mediation in the Iran crisis and India’s broader global leadership aspirations. Mr. Doraiswami pointed out that India and China, as two …