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Beijing: Chinas special Mideast envoy pinned the cause of the Israel-Gaza crisis on the lack of guarantees for Palestinian rights and urged greater coordination with Moscow in a meeting with his Russian counterpart in Qatar, a key go-between in the conflict...
In the first leg of his tour in the region, Chinas envoy for Middle East issues Zhai Jun landed in Qatar on Thursday where he reaffirmed with his Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov Beijings alignment with Moscow in their efforts to help de-escalate the Gaza crisis...
China and Russia share the same position on the Palestinian issue, Zhai was quoted saying after meeting with Bogdanov in Doha, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his dear friend President Xi Jinping in a rare meeting in Beijing...
A Russian-drafted resolution that called for a humanitarian ceasefire also failed to pass on Monday.. The biased attitude of the U.S. is one of the root causes of the long-standing Palestine issue, and it acts as a catalyst for escalating the conflict when it erupts, Chinas nationalist tabloid, Global Times, wrote in an editorial...
The tiny Gulf state of Qatar has been an essential stopover for foreign diplomats seeking to mediate in the Israel-Gaza conflict in recent days, having direct communication channels with Hamas, which has had a political office in Doha for more than a decade...
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