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©Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (R) and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, January 14, 2024. (Khaled Desouki, AFP)
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a Palestinian state and a Gaza ceasefire during a joint press conference in Cairo with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Sunday.
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Sunday for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza, where 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war have killed thousands.
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said "It is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital."
A joint statement from the two ministers urged an immediate end "to all acts of violence, killing and targeting of civilians and civilian establishments."
Shoukry and Wang called for "an international summit for peace to find a just, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Palestinian cause by ending the (Israeli) occupation and establishing an independent, contiguous Palestinian state."
The Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, are separated by Israeli territory. Both were seized by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has previously called for an "international peace conference" to resolve the fighting.
China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and supportive of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Wang is currently on an African tour that will see him also visit Togo, Tunisia, and Ivory Coast.
Katrine Dige Houmøller, with AFP
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called Sunday for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza, where 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war have killed thousands.
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said "It is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Jerusalem as its capital."
A joint statement from the two ministers urged an immediate end "to all acts of violence, killing and targeting of civilians and civilian establishments."
Shoukry and Wang called for "an international summit for peace to find a just, comprehensive, and lasting solution to the Palestinian cause by ending the (Israeli) occupation and establishing an independent, contiguous Palestinian state."
The Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, are separated by Israeli territory. Both were seized by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has previously called for an "international peace conference" to resolve the fighting.
China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and supportive of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Wang is currently on an African tour that will see him also visit Togo, Tunisia, and Ivory Coast.
Katrine Dige Houmøller, with AFP
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