CAIRO: China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Sunday for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza, where 100 days of the war have killed thousands.
In a press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said "it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, with east Al Quds as its capital."
A joint statement from the two ministers urged an immediate end "to all acts of violence, killing and targeting of civilians and civilian establishments".
Israel launched an intense military campaign in response to a deadly October 7 attack on southern Israel .
In Gaza, almost 24,000 people have been killed, the majority of them women and children, according to the health ministry in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Shoukry and Wang called for "an international summit for peace to find a just, comprehensive and lasting solution to the Palestinian cause by ending the (Israeli) occupation and establishing an independent, contiguous Palestinian state."
The Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, seat of the Palestinian Authority, are separated by Israeli territory. Both were seized by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has previously called for an "international peace conference" to resolve the fighting.
China has historically been standing with the Palestinian cause and supportive of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. — AFP
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