China supports all efforts conducive to peace talks in Ukraine, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, and stressed that Gaza and the West Bank are "not a bargaining chip in political trade-offs".
Wang told the Security Council: "China supports all efforts conducive to peace talks." He said Beijing would continue to follow four points outlined by President Xi Jinping on what should be done.
On the Middle East, Wang said it was vital to uphold the two-state solution. US President Donald Trump caused outrage earlier this month when he proposed that the US should take over the Gaza Strip and Gazans should be resettled elsewhere.
"Gaza and the West Bank are the homeland of the Palestinian people, not a bargaining chip in political trade-offs. The Palestinians governing Palestine is an important principle that must be followed in the post-conflict governance of Gaza," he said
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