China seeks support for Israel-Palestinian peace plan
UN ambassador says Beijing will push for settlement based on Xi’s plan for two-state solution to conflict
China’s UN ambassador has urged the international community to support President Xi Jinping’s new four-point proposal to end the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and establish an independent Palestinian state.
Liu Jieyi said at a news conference on Monday that China’s future diplomatic efforts will focus on trying to move toward a negotiated solution based on the four proposals.
Xi signalled China’s increasing engagement in the Middle East when he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing last month and outlined the plan.
The four points are:
— Advancing the two-state solution based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as the capital of a new Palestinian state;