BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping has extended felicitations to a UN meeting commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
President XI called for implementation of the UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions to resolve the Palestine issue as it is one of the major challenges in the Middle East region. He said the ongoing war should be brought to an end as soon as possible in order to normalise the region situation.
The fundamental solution is to implement the two-State solution and promote the political settlement of the question of Palestine, establish an independent Palestinian state enjoying full sovereignty on the basis of the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and ensure the right of the Palestinian people to statehood, their right to existence and their right of return, Xinhua news quoted the president as having said.
He stressed that China has always been a staunch supporter of the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights, and has always supported all Palestinian factions in strengthening unity and implementing the Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity to realize internal reconciliation.
He vowed to support Palestine to get status of a full UN member, besides calling for holding a more broad-based, more authoritative and more effective international peace conference.
Xi expressed his readiness to join hands with the international community to end the war and stop the killing, support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in continuing to provide humanitarian assistance to the Gaza people, and bring the question of Palestine back to the right track of the two-State solution to achieve a comprehensive, just and lasting settlement at an early date, the Chinese media reported.
