Wang Yi said China wants to work to “restore peace” in the Middle East. The Chinese Foreign Minister stated that “the situation in Gaza affects all countries in the world.”
China wants to work to “restore peace” in the Middle East, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi declared on Monday before a delegation of diplomats from Arab countries or countries with a majority Muslim population.
“We will work together to quickly calm the situation in Gaza and restore peace in the Middle East as soon as possible,” Wang said in his opening speech at the meeting in Beijing.
“A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding” in the Gaza Strip, Wang told the foreign ministers of the Palestinian Authority, Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, as well as the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
“The situation in Gaza affects all countries in the worldcalling into question the notion of good and evil and the fundamental principles of humanity,” added the head of Chinese diplomacy.
“The international community must act urgently and take effective measures to prevent this tragedy from spreading,” Wang added.
“China will always stand on the side of the just cause of legitimate rights,” the minister said.
His Palestinian counterpart, Riyad al Maliki, thanked him for the invitation to a meeting that he considered “on behalf of the Arab and Islamic world for the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza.”
“For Israel, this is the final war that ends all wars (…). “They want to eliminate all Palestinians,” added the foreign minister of the Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank but not Gaza.
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan demanded “an immediate ceasefire,” something China had called for after the war began last month.
Beijing has historically been very pro-Palestinian and favors a two-state solution to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
On October 7, the Islamist movement Hamas launched a surprise attack against southern Israel with the launch of thousands of rockets and the incursion of armed militiamen.
In response, Israel declared war on Hamas, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007 and is listed as a terrorist organization by the European Union and the United States, bombed several infrastructures in Gaza and imposed a total siege on the territory, cutting off water. supplies, fuel and electricity.
Israeli bombings from air, land and sea caused more than 16,000 deaths, mostly civilians, in the Gaza Strip, according to the most recent data released by the Ministry of Health of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Government.
Source: Observadora
