Global push for Palestinian state intensifies

Beijing calls for implementing two-state solution as conflict rages in Gaza Strip

A three-day high-level international conference on the peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question and the implementation of the two-state solution, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, concluded on Wednesday at the United Nations headquarters in New York, with China and many other countries calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state.

In remarks at the conference, China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun said on Tuesday that the conflict in Gaza is still raging, an unprecedented humanitarian crisis is unfolding, and the foundation for implementing the two-state solution continues to be eroded.

Zhai outlined China's five-point proposal, urging efforts to promote an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, and to ease the humanitarian catastrophe. He called for advancing governance in Gaza and the West Bank under the principle of "the Palestinians governing Palestine", and for supporting Palestinian efforts to strengthen internal unity.