Wang Yi made the remarks at joint presser with Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry (File)
Cairo, Egypt:
China’s International Minister Wang Yi referred to as Sunday for the institution of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza, the place 100 days of the Israel-Hamas battle have killed hundreds.
In a press convention along with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the highest Chinese language diplomat stated “it’s essential to insist on the institution of an unbiased, absolutely sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital.”
A joint assertion from the 2 ministers urged a direct finish “to all acts of violence, killing and concentrating on of civilians and civilian institutions”.
Israel launched an intense army marketing campaign in response to Hamas’s lethal October 7 assault on southern Israel which resulted in about 1,140 deaths, principally civilians, in response to an AFP tally primarily based on official figures.
In Gaza, at the very least 23,968 individuals have been killed, nearly all of them ladies and kids, in response to the well being ministry within the besieged Hamas-ruled territory.
Shoukry and Wang referred to as for “a global summit for peace to discover a simply, complete and lasting answer to the Palestinian trigger by ending the (Israeli) occupation and establishing an unbiased, contiguous Palestinian state.”
The Gaza Strip and the occupied West Financial institution, seat of the Palestinian Authority, are separated by Israeli territory. Each had been seized by Israel within the 1967 Six-Day Warfare.
Chinese language President Xi Jinping has beforehand referred to as for an “worldwide peace convention” to resolve the combating.
China has traditionally been sympathetic to the Palestinian trigger and supportive of a two-state answer to the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
Wang is at present on an African tour that can see him additionally go to Togo, Tunisia and Ivory Coast.
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