Xi Jinping
“War should not continue indefinitely,” the Chinese leader said.
Beijing’s ambassador conveyed the message in a meeting with the Israeli PM on Wednesday.
It will be the Israeli prime minister’s first trip to Beijing in six years.
China wants to replace the U.S. as the sole superpower in the Middle East.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas will be the first Arab “head of state” to visit China this year, according to Beijing.
“All signs indicate that China is strategically, not sporadically, deepening its engagement in Persian Gulf economies,” Behnam Ben Taleblu of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told JNS.
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has always been the core issue in the Middle East, Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas.
