Palestinian leader Abbas meets China's Xi

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing. After a full military welcome ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People, Xi told Abbas he had "maintained the strategic choice of peace" and helped "building a country which has received the wide respect and support of the Palestinian people and international society".

Earlier, the Chinese leadership announced it is willing to set up a meeting between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who landed in China on Monday. (AFP)