China tells Israel to stop "forced establishment" of West Bank settlements

The Chinese Foreign Minister said: The Palestinian issue is the biggest historical injustice of this century.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced in a statement that during a meeting in Azerbaijan, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that Israel should stop the "forced establishment" of settlements in the West Bank and return it.

The ministry said in a statement on Friday that Wang told Herzog that China has always regarded the Palestinian issue as the greatest historical injustice of the century.

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Concluding the list, Wang stressed that a "two-state solution" was the right way to reach a resolution, and said the immediate priority was to fully open access to the Gaza Strip so as not to allow the humanitarian "catastrophe" to spread.

Wang added that China is willing to work with the international community to force all parties to return to dialogue as soon as possible and seek a political solution.

Ambassador Arjan China reported that Wang, as a special representative of President Xi Jinping, is participating in the 7th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia, which was held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan.

In September, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Cairo for the first time in a decade and called on Middle Eastern countries to resist foreign influence and reshape the region's security order.

Xi's rare visit comes as Beijing seeks to expand its influence in the region amid the US-Israel war against Iran.

According to a spokesman for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the talks will cover the US-Israeli war against Iran, and both presidents emphasized "diplomatic solutions" to reach a "comprehensive agreement to end the war."

In March, China criticized US and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Beijing called for an immediate halt to joint strikes. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement after the outbreak of war that Wang told his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, that the attack on Iran came as talks between Washington and Tehran had "made significant progress, including addressing Israel's security concerns."

According to the report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, China was Iran's largest trading partner and purchased up to 90% of Iran's oil. In 2021, Beijing signed a 25-year "Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Agreement" with Tehran.

At the same time, Beijing has spent the past decade building closer ties with Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and remains a trading partner of the United States and Israel.