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settlement based on the two-state solution.
In June of this year, Xi presented a three-point proposal, stressing that efforts should be made to establish an independent state of Palestine, that the international community must increase development and humanitarian aid to Palestine, and that it is important to keep the peace talks on track.
China stands ready to play a positive role in promoting peace talks between Israel and Palestine, Xi said.
On October 21, around 30 Arab and Western leaders, as well as senior officials from the UN, the Arab League, the African Union, the European Union and other international and regional organizations attended a meeting in Cairo, Egypt, during which they called for establishing a mechanism to guarantee the progress of peace talks and finding a just solution to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
UN Secretary General António Guterres called for sustained humanitarian aid to Gaza at the gathering. He said the grievances of the Palestinian people are legitimate and longstanding, but nothing can justify the reprehensible attacks by Hamas that have terrorized Israeli civilians. At the same time, the Hamas attacks “can never justify the collective punishment of the Palestinian people,” he added.
Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun spoke at the meeting in support of the two-state solution and reiterated that China opposes and condemns all actions that harm civilians and violate international law.
That same day, the Rafah Crossing, Gaza’s only border point not controlled by Israel, opened, allowing trucks loaded with humanitarian aid to enter the enclave for the first time since Israel had sealed off the region following the October 7 Hamas attack.
The Chinese Government is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the Palestinian National Authority to meet the urgent needs of those in the Gaza Strip, Xu Wei, a spokesperson for the China International Development Cooperation Agency, said on October 16.
“A ceasefire must be achieved without delay and this is the call of the international community,” China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun, said on October 24 at the UN Security Council briefing on the situation nd in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
“It must be pointed out that allowing the fighting in Gaza to drag on and escalate for whatever justification will not result in a complete military victory for either side, but will most likely result in a catastrophe that will engulf the entire region, completely dash the prospects for a two-state solution, and plunge the Palestinian and Israeli peoples into a perpetual vicious cycle of hatred and confrontation,” Zhang said.