China reaffirms support for Palestinian state after Donald Trump’s Gaza comments
China reaffirms support for Palestinian state after Donald Trump’s Gaza comments
Beijing says the strip, which the US president wants to take over, is an ‘inseparable part of Palestinian territory’.
China has reaffirmed its support for a Palestinian state after Donald Trump’s surprise proposal that the United States should take control of Gaza.
“Gaza belongs to Palestinians and is an inseparable part of Palestinian territory,” Chen Xiaodong, China’s vice-minister for foreign affairs, told a group of ambassadors from Arab states in a meeting in Beijing on Friday.
Any arrangements regarding the future of Gaza must respect the will of the Palestinian people, Chen added, according to a statement from the foreign ministry.
“China has always firmly supported the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people and the effective jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority over all Palestinian territories, including Gaza and the West Bank,” he said.
He added that Beijing would continue to maintain “close communication and collaboration” with Arab countries.
Friday’s meeting was held upon the request of the Arab states, the Chinese foreign ministry said.
The statement added that the ambassadors had said they “expected China to continue to play a constructive role in safeguarding international fairness and justice and supporting Palestine’s legitimate national rights”.
On Thursday, Guo Jiakun, the foreign ministry’s spokesman, also underlined Beijing’s long-held position against the forced displacement of people, saying that Gaza should never be turned into a “bargaining chip for political gains”.
Beijing has been a long-standing supporter of Palestinian statehood and has repeatedly said that a two-state solution is the only way out of the cycle of violence in the region.
Great that they're supporting Palestine diplomatically I guess, but so far they're still trading with israel, even if with some "bureaucratic obstacles"
I guess that's the drawback of positioning yourself as an alternative to the US that doesn't interfere with foreign politics. The USSR was openly funding armed Palestinian resistance like the PFLP.
Yeah, the fact that China continues to have relations with Israel is a really bad look.
I guess that's the drawback of positioning yourself as an alternative to the US that doesn't interfere with foreign politics.
That right there is why I'm really worried about the next 4 or more years right now as a citizen of the USA. Like, we're just going to create this power vacuum through dumbass Don's executive fun time and China will happily exploit that and lap up the material rewards.
I feel like I'm watching a game of Civilization get played by a moron. It's excruciating. Only way any of it makes sense is that Trump literally is a Russian agent because otherwise why the fuck is he trying to drive our country off a cliff?
I wonder when the non Western world will finally drop the "two state" boondoggle. Obviously the West will never give it up, but surely people on the outside can see how it's not a real solution?
Is the real solution to just make them all Israeli citizens and to heal the division by taking care of the innocents they have terrorized and oppressed.
If they could fix this problem there is perhaps hope for humanity. I want to be an optimist, but the world seems to have a different plan.
There is no future scenario where Israel or Israelis would be accepted as normal in the region by the masses. The government could make any deals they want, the enmity is deep and won't go away easily.
Talk is cheap. They could at least put sanctions on Israel.
LOL.. But Taiwan is ours. phucking asshats everywhere
... But not for Uyghurs
Investing billions in raising the quality of life so people don't do terrorism is not genocide and never will be.
Supposedly that’s a US psyop. Probably according to those downvoting you.
Turkey is surprisingly quiet here.
This is rich from someone who was just a few days ago excited that Trump had taken over. Claiming that things were better in Palestine because Trump was president. You credited him with the ceasefire, food and aid in the streets, and crowing about how smart you are to have not voted for Harris.