BEIJING, May 20 (APP):China on Wednesday expressed serious concerns overrecent tense relationship betweenPalestine and Israel and emphasized that as the main party, Palestine’sviews and opinions should be listened to and respected.
“Recently, the relationship between Palestine and Israel has continued tobe tense, andthe peace process is in jeopardy.
China is very concerned about this,” Chinese Foreign Ministry’sSpokesperson, Zhao Lijian said during his regular briefing held here whenasked to comment over Palestine’s decision to stop fulfilling allagreements reached with the UnitedStates and Israel since the latter intended to annex Palestinian territory.
He said that China had always believed that the relevant United Nationsresolutions and theinternational consensus on the “two-state plan” and “land for peace”principles constitute thebasis for resolving the Palestinian question and should be respected.“Palestine as the main party, its views and opinions should be listened toand respected,”he added.
The spokesperson said that the international community should play aconstructive role increating conditions for Palestine and Israel to reach agreement throughequal dialogue andnegotiation, and promote an early, comprehensive, just and lastingsettlement of thePalestinian question.
To a question about a proposal that leaders of all the countries shouldparticipate in theUN General Assembly by recording video speeches, he said that this yearmarked the75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations.
“It is an important opportunity for the international community to sum uphistory, facethe future, and consolidate consensus on multilateralism,” he added.
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Zhao Lijian remarked that in the face of the spread of the new coronavirousepidemicworldwide, the international community’s expectations for the role of theUnited Nationshad further increased.
He said that the Chinese side was willing to work with the internationalcommunity topromote the successful holding of the high-level meeting to mark the 75thanniversaryof the establishment of the United Nations and the general debate of the75th sessionof the UN General Assembly to jointly safeguard the international systemcentered on the United Nations and the international order based oninternational law.
It may be mentioned that the second question, UN Secretary General Guterreshadsuggested that leaders of all countries participate in the UN GeneralAssembly to beheld in September by recording video speeches.
Because of the impact of the new coronavirus epidemic, leaders of variouscountriesare unable to attend the meeting scheduled to be held in New York.
