China's special envoy for the Mideast pinned the cause of the Israel-Gaza crisis on the lack of guarantee for the rights of Palestinians, as he met with his Russian counterpart in Qatar, a key diplomatic go-between in the Israel-Hamas conflict.
In the first leg of his tour in the region, China's envoy for Middle East issues Zhai Jun landed in Qatar on Thursday where he reaffirmed with his Russian counterpartBeijing's alignment with Moscow in their efforts to help de-escalate the Gaza crisis.
"The fundamental reason for the current situation in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is that the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people have not been guaranteed," Zhai said. The crisis has also increasingly put China and Russia in separate camps from the United States. Presidentsaid he would seek extra funding, estimated to be in the billions, to help Israel fight Hamas.
A Russian-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution that called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, along with the release of hostages, humanitarian access, and the safe evacuation of civilians in need failed to pass on Monday.at the U.S. blocking the Security Council resolution," said a spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry on Thursday.
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