China Supports ‘Full’ UN Membership of Palestinian State, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Says

GOOBJOOG NEWS | BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday that China supports the “full” membership of the Palestinian state in the United Nations.

Wang who addressed journalists at a press conference on the sidelines of the country’s Two Sessions gathering.

The Minister called Israel’s war in Gaza a “disgrace for civilisation” and reiterated Beijing’s calls for an “immediate ceasefire”.

“It is a tragedy for humankind and a disgrace for civilisation that today, in the 21st century, this humanitarian disaster cannot be stopped,” Wang said.

Beijing has been calling for an immediate ceasefire since the start of the current Israel-Hamas war in October last year.

China has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause and supportive of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

And President Xi Jinping has called for an “international peace conference” to resolve the fighting.

“No reason can justify the continuation of the conflict, and no excuse can justify being desperately killed,” Wang said.

Additional reporting by Agencies.