China is willing to play a role to help the Palestinians achieve internal reconciliation and promote peace talks with Israel, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Beijing on Wednesday. Xi called for the "establishment of an independent Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital," according to Chinese state media. The international community should increase development assistance and humanitarian help to the Palestinians, Xi added. Abbas is in Beijing on a three-day visit in which he hopes to demonstrate Chinese support for a Palestinian state. China has historically good relations with the Palestinians. Xi and Abbas also announced the two sides had agreed to establish a strategic partnership and signed a number of bilateral documents, including an economic and technological cooperation pact. (Reuters)
Xi: China willing to help foster Palestinian peacemaking with Israel
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