China’s representative to the Middle East has met with senior members of the Arab League in China, for an emergency session to discuss the crisis in Israel and Gaza, according to a statement from China’s foreign ministry.
In a statement issued on Saturday, the ministry quoted Zhai Jun as saying that Beijing supports the 22-member strong Arab League in playing an important role on the “Palestinian issue” and will continue to provide humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.
“The international community should earnestly enhance its sense of urgency to return to the correct basis of the two-state solution to realise the peaceful coexistence of the two states of Palestine and Israel,” Zhai said, according to the statement.
Earlier, the South China Morning Post reported that Zhai held phone calls with senior officials from Egypt, the Palestinian Authority, Israel and Saudi Arabia in a bid to resolve the emergency.
Source: Aljazeera
