The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Friday rejected being “in the background” in the Middle East, accusing US President Joe Biden of visiting the region to reassert US leadership.
“EITHER The Middle East is not the backyard of any other country and there is no vacuum in the region,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a news conference in Beijing on Friday.
We have made unremitting efforts and played a key role in safeguarding peace, promoting development and resolving major issues in the region in a just and equitable manner,” Wang said, adding that “China stands ready to work with the international community to continue to play a positive role” in achieving peace and development in the Middle East.”
Biden will make his first trip to the Middle East as president this week, starting with Israel and the West Bank and then flying to Saudi Arabia, with a view to strengthening ties with regional partners.
On Thursday, the The President of the United States signed a strategic partnership with Israel against Iran and participated in a presentation on Israel’s missile defense capabilities.
This Friday, at a press conference held in Bethlehem, West Bank, together with the leader of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, he defended that the Palestinian people deserve to have their own State and promised to continue working to reactivate the peace process. between Palestinians and Israelis.
Biden will fly to Saudi Arabia later this Friday, after lengthy negotiations that resulted in the announcement, this Friday, of the reopening of Saudi airspace to Israeli airlines.
Source: Observadora
