Yesterday (Sunday) China called for a truce and a response to the health crisis unfolding in Gaza, stressing that the “two-state solution” is the main way out of this crisis.

In his statements during the special session organized by the Executive Board of the World Health Organization on the health situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, Chen Xiu, head of the Chinese mission to the United Nations in Geneva, stressed the need to achieve a ceasefire and put an end to the violence there.

He stated that China, which is deeply concerned about the renewed violence in the Gaza Strip, calls on the parties concerned in the Strip to exercise restraint and provide opportunities to bring peace and grant the population peace and stability.

Chen explained that China calls on the international community, especially influential countries regarding the Palestinian-Israeli issue, to play a responsible role in promoting a comprehensive and permanent ceasefire and protecting the rights of civilians to live and health.

He said that resolving the health crisis is extremely important, calling on all parties to spare no effort in ensuring the safety of medical personnel and health facilities, urging support from the World Health Organization and other humanitarian agencies in providing the much-needed medicines and medical equipment in Gaza, and in treating... The injured and their transport.

Chen also called for the need to support Palestine in re-establishing its medical infrastructure and developing its public health.

He stressed that the two-state solution is the main way out of the current crisis, and Israeli-Palestinian peace talks should be resumed immediately, and the two-state solution must be achieved in a tangible and complete manner, pointing to the need to give the Palestinian people their rights to establish their state, live in it, and return to it as soon as possible.

Chen pointed out that China has provided cash assistance, through various channels, to Palestine and UN agencies since the beginning of this round of conflict, and has provided food and medical aid to the Gaza Strip, pledging that China will continue to provide emergency humanitarian aid in accordance with the needs of the Palestinian people.