Chinese President: We support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state

reported by Mehr News Agency According to Reuters, Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that China supports the establishment of an independent Palestinian state at the opening ceremony of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum in Beijing.

He said in this regard: Beijing supports the formation of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital in the 1967 borders and full membership of Palestine in the United Nations. The suffering of civilians in the Gaza Strip must stop and we will provide immediate assistance to UNRWA.

On Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that four Arab leaders will travel to Beijing to participate in the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. The statement states that “Hamd bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, the President of Egypt, Qais Said, the President of Tunisia, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, at the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the Chinese Government Cooperation Forum. Arabs will participate.

The heads of Arab countries arrived in Beijing on Tuesday and will stay until Saturday. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohamed Salem Old Marzouk will co-chair the conference. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, foreign ministers or representatives of Arab countries and the Secretary General of the Arab League will participate in this conference.

The Forum was established in 2004 as a formal dialogue initiative between China and the Arab League to discuss the initial multilateral coordination mechanism between the world’s second largest economy. and works in Arab countries.