The Chinese government intends to invite Israelis and Palestinians to hold talks in China, Dubai-based Al-Arabiya TV channel Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday in an interview.
Wang, who embarked on a tour of the Middle East this week, raised support for a Saudi campaign announced Monday to end the war in Yemen, according to the Saudi-based channel , based in Dubai.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Beijing
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China has offered itself several times in the past as an alternative to the United States when it comes to Israeli-Palestinian mediation, coming up with proposals to end their ongoing conflict. decades old.
“We will invite Palestinian and Israeli public figures to have talks in China,” al-Arabiya said as Wang said. He did not analyze, and it was not immediately clear whether he had government representatives in mind.
On Yemen, Wang said: “We want to implement a Saudi campaign for settlement in Yemen as soon as possible.”
Saudi peace campaign includes a nationwide ceasefire and the reopening of air and sea ties with the Houthi-held areas of Yemen. However, the Houthis based in Iran have said the offer is falling short of their demands.