“Gaza war should not continue indefinitely,” China’s President Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that the war in Gaza “should not continue indefinitely” as he reiterated China’s support for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

“The war should not continue indefinitely. Justice should not be absent forever. Commitment to the two-state solution should not be wavered at will,” Xi told the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Tunisian President Kais Saied and United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan are attending the forum.

Xi said that China “firmly supports the establishment of an independent State of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty based on the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital.”

Extending support to Palestine becoming a full UN member state, Xi reiterated China’s call for a “more broad-based, authoritative and effective international peace conference.”

Xi also said that China “will continue to support efforts to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and post-war reconstruction.”

Beijing supports the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in providing emergency humanitarian aid to Gaza, he added.

Xi pledged 500 million yuan more ($69 million) in humanitarian aid for Gaza.

He added Beijing will donate $3 million to UNRWA.

Foreign ministers or representatives of the Arab states and the secretary-general of the League of Arab States are also attending the forum.

The forum serves as a formal dialogue initiative between China and the Arab League to discuss the primary multilateral coordination mechanism between the world’s second-largest economy and the Arab states.

Anadolu