The Chinese Ambassador to the State of Palestine, Zeng Jixin, confirmed to Al-Quds that the People's Republic of China has worked hard over the past months and continues its efforts to achieve a possible ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, stressing that China supports peace efforts in the region and rejects the interference of foreign countries in the internal affairs of Arab countries.

Jixin said, in response to Al-Quds’ questions, during his meeting at the embassy headquarters in Ramallah yesterday, with journalists working for local media outlets, “The escalating conflict in the Gaza Strip is causing huge losses among innocent civilians, and it leads to serious humanitarian disasters and the scope of negative impacts expands rapidly”, China has always stood for fairness and justice, and worked hard to achieve a ceasefire and violence, restore peace and protect civilians.

During his speech at the beginning of the meeting and his welcome to the journalists, Jixin said: “Chinese President Xi Jinping had the vision of building a community with a shared future for humanity 11 years ago, in order to push all countries to build the planet Earth on which we live as a large, harmonious family, which received wide applause and a positive response from Middle Eastern countries and other countries of the world.

Jixin continued, “In the face of the turbulent international and regional situation, China cooperated with the countries of the Middle East in moving forward with all courage, and advancing the consolidation of the concept of a community with a shared future for humanity in the Middle East with concrete steps, the most important of which are: broad Chinese-Arab consensus on building a community with a shared future, creating a successful model for implementing the Global Security Initiative, and China's commitment to justice and fairness in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict."

Meanwhile, in response to a journalist’s question, Jixin said, “We believe that with regard to war and peace, life and death, countries with great influence must play a constructive role in the ceasefire, make every effort to limit civilian casualties, and stand to "The aspect of peace and life, and this is what China does."

According to Jixin, “The call has become widespread in the international community for an immediate ceasefire. However, the United States is using various excuses to prevent reaching a consensus on this issue in the Security Council by using its veto power. This is a blatant disdain for international justice and fairness and the authority of Security Council".

He continued, "On the one hand, the United States and Western countries are promoting the lies of the century regarding China's Xinjiang, and accusing China of practicing what is called (genocide) and (forced labor) in Xinjiang, under the pretext of being keen to protect human rights, and through which they seek to contain China and distort the facts." On the other hand, it began to ignore the horrific conditions in the Gaza Strip, which confirms its adherence to double standards in its entirety.

Jixin stressed that China worked as a large and responsible country to establish a community with a shared future for humanity, by implementing the Global Security Initiative and advancing the resolution of differences through dialogue and consultation, as happened in the “reconciliation of the century” between Saudi Arabia and Iran, supporting Syria to return to the League of Arab States, and supporting the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore its legitimate national rights, and make efforts to bring peace to Gaza.

Jixin stressed that China believes that the peoples of the Middle East are the masters of the region, and has been supporting Middle Eastern countries to resolve differences through dialogue and consultation and to maintain the security of the region through solidarity and cooperation.

On the other hand, Jixin affirmed, in a question to Al-Quds, that China remains in solidarity with the Arab and Islamic countries, and steadfastly supports the just cause of the Palestinian people and the establishment of an independent Palestinian state, which is its established historical position and will not change it, noting that in November 2023, the joint delegation of foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries chose China as the first stop for its international mediation tour, reflecting the good tradition of mutual understanding and support between the two sides.

Jixin noted that China participated in the draft resolutions presented by the Arab countries at the United Nations, and succeeded in pushing the UN Security Council to pass the first resolution since the outbreak of the conflict during its period as its rotating presidency of the Council.

Jixin also stressed that China has been supporting Middle Eastern countries to achieve strategic independence, opposes the interference of external forces in the internal affairs of countries in the region, and plays a constructive role in promoting peace and stability in the region.

Jixin noted that in March of last year, thanks to Chinese mediation, Saudi Arabia and Iran achieved historic reconciliation, followed by the wave of reconciliation in the Middle East that prompted Syria’s official return to the League of Arab States, which set a model for settling disputes and disagreements and achieving good neighborliness between the countries of the region through dialogue and consultation.
Jixin said: “The reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran is an important victory for dialogue and peace, and came as a useful exercise in resolving hot issues by ways with Chinese characteristics. China has remained a positive, reliable mediator with sincere intentions, and has never sought to use force, pursue selfish geopolitical interests, or impose Its will over others, and it continued to support the peoples of the Middle East to explore development paths with their own independent will, and supports the countries of the Middle East to settle differences through dialogue and consultation.”
"China will continue to promote security and stability in the Middle East, conduct cooperation for development and prosperity, promote solidarity and self-strengthening, and make more contributions to achieving reconciliation, peace and harmony in the region," Jixin continued.

On the other hand, in response to journalists’ questions, Jixin said: “China is strengthening its humanitarian aid to extend a helping hand to the people of the Gaza Strip who are going through ordeals, and has provided urgent cash aid worth two million US dollars to the Palestinian National Authority and the International Relief Agency (UNRWA), in addition to urgent humanitarian supplies worth 15 million Chinese yuan, including food and medicine, to the Gaza Strip via Egypt, and China will provide two additional batches of urgent humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.

Jixin pointed to the efforts and cooperation between Palestine and China in several areas, including advancing negotiations on establishing a free trade area. China will also continue its humanitarian efforts and provide humanitarian aid, especially to the Gaza Strip, noting the visit of President Mahmoud Abbas last year to China and that 6 cooperation agreements were signed between the two countries in the presence of Presidents Abbas and Xi Jinping.

On the other hand, Jixin confirmed that the first Sino-Arab summit was held in 2022, and President Xi Jinping reached important consensuses with the leaders of Arab countries, which led Sino-Arab relations to the best period in history.

Jixin added that over the past decade, China and the Arab countries have achieved fruitful results, as the volume of trade exchange between them exceeded $430 billion in 2022. This is equivalent to two times what it was 10 years ago, and the balance of direct investments exchanged between China and the Arab countries exceeded 30 billion dollars, an increase of about two times what it was 10 years ago. The two sides have also implemented more than 200 major projects within the framework of the Belt and Road construction, and nearly two billion people have benefited from this cooperation.