The Chinese government's special envoy to the Middle East issue, Zhai Jun, revealed that he discussed with Saudi officials in Riyadh yesterday ways to mobilize international efforts to stop the Israeli war on Gaza immediately.

Zhai Jun, China's special envoy to the Middle East

In a special statement to Asharq Al-Awsat, Jeon stated that he sensed from the consultations he conducted in Riyadh a congruence of visions and a common desire to advance coordination and bilateral consultations in the direction of stopping the Israeli attack on Gaza. He said, “I will complete my visit to Jordan and will continue to strengthen coordination with the parties concerned in the coming days.” For a ceasefire and calming the situation,” stressing that the Palestinian people enjoy equal rights to establish a state and survive, and that the lives of civilians are equally important, and that his country’s position is largely with the Arab position.

The two-state solution and an international peace conference

The Chinese official promised that the only way out for resolving the Palestinian issue lies in implementing the “two-state solution” and restoring the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people, stressing that violence and counter-violence only lead to falling into a vicious circle and create more obstacles to the political solution.

Jeon said that his country calls for holding an international peace conference with more credibility, on a broader scale, and with greater effectiveness, in order to urgently push the Palestinian and Israeli sides to resume peace negotiations and set a detailed timetable and road map.

Jeon added, "True and lasting peace and security for all in the Middle East region cannot be achieved except after finding a comprehensive and just solution to the Palestinian issue, stressing that Beijing stands for justice and fairness in the Palestinian issue."

The Chinese official stressed that his country will continue to support the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights, support the Palestinians in establishing their independent state, and provide them with assistance as much as possible.

He continued, "China, as a permanent member of the Security Council, will be committed to justice and fairness in international forums, will advance the implementation of United Nations resolutions related to the Palestinian issue, and continue its positive role in finding a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue and bringing peace and stability to the region."

Chinese support to stop the war

Jeon added, "Since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Chinese side has been making intense efforts to cease fire and prevent violence, and calls for the restoration of peace," noting that a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, held several meetings and made extensive phone calls. With the foreign ministers and senior political figures of Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Turkey, Russia, the United States, Brazil, Malaysia and others, a meeting was also held with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to shed light on the position and vision of the Chinese side towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, With the aim of calming the conflict, and calling for avoiding a serious humanitarian catastrophe resulting from the expansion of the conflict.

Jeon stressed that the current situation in Palestine and Israel is very dangerous, and that the Chinese side feels pain over the outcome of the conflict and the occurrence of a large number of deaths and injuries among civilians, expressing his deep sympathy with the Palestinian side, especially those who live in the Gaza Strip because they suffer from difficult conditions. The latest development threatens and destabilizes peace and stability in the region due to the expansion of the conflict.

Beijing condemns the targeting of civilians

According to Jeon, the Chinese side strongly condemns and opposes all actions that target civilians and violate international law, and China calls for an immediate ceasefire and prevention of fighting, protecting civilians, opening humanitarian relief corridors, ensuring the arrival of living necessities to the residents of the Gaza Strip, and making every effort to prevent the occurrence of A more serious humanitarian disaster that constitutes a greater shock to security and stability in the region and the world.

The Chinese official held the United Nations and the UN Security Council seriously responsible for calming the situation as quickly as possible, stressing that the international community must act urgently and provide more humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. In the same context, he called for major powers to move to calm the situation and commit to objectivity and justice, and that Play a constructive role in pushing for a political solution to the crisis.

Urgent aid for the people of Gaza

Jeon stated that the Chinese side provided urgent humanitarian assistance through both the Palestinian National Authority and United Nations agencies, and will continue to provide material assistance according to the needs of the residents of the Gaza Strip, adding that he represented his country at the Cairo Peace Summit on the Palestinian issue in response to the invitation, in which the Arab countries called on the international community. To take strong action to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Palestine.

Jeon continued, “I conducted urgent communication and coordination with the concerned parties on behalf of the Chinese government, before the start of this tour, and I contacted by phone with officials from the Foreign Ministries of Palestine, Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Norway, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and the Special Representative of the European Union.” "For the peace process in the Middle East, I met with the Arab ambassadors accredited to China collectively to work on resolving the crisis and alleviating its severity."