Israel-Gaza war: China stands with Russia to help cool Middle East crisis, Beijing envoy in Qatar meeting says
- On first leg of his mediation trip to the region, Beijing’s Middle East envoy Zhai Jun meets Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov in Doha
- Zhai commends Qatar’s significant influence on the Palestinian issue and says Beijing is ready to work with Doha to ease the tension
“Beijing and Moscow share the same position on the Palestine issue,” Zhai was quoted saying in the Chinese foreign ministry readout. “The fundamental reason for the current situation in the conflict is that the legitimate rights of the Palestinian nation have not been guaranteed.”
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During the meeting, Zhai and Bogdanov said Moscow and Beijing had constant focus on “close coordination of efforts in the interest of a political settlement of this and other crises in the Middle East and North Africa region”, according to Russia’s foreign ministry statement.
Both Beijing and Moscow favoured an early end to hostilities, preventing further escalation and urgent action on the humanitarian crisis, including helping the affected population and releasing hostages, the Russian readout said.
