Xi says China to work with Egypt to help stabilise Middle East
The Hindu
China, Egypt to work together for Middle East stability, says Xi Jinping. Beijing, Cairo to promote peace, justice, common interests of developing countries, prevent conflict from expanding.
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Egypt's Prime Minister on Thursday that their countries should work together to bring "more stability" to the Middle East, as the Israel-Hamas war casts a shadow over the region.
The conflict has raged since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched shock raids into Israel on October 7, killing 1,400 people — most of them civilians — and taking around 200 hostages.
In response, Israel has laid siege to Gaza, carrying out waves of air strikes in the Palestinian enclave, enforcing a blockade and massing troops on its border ahead of an expected ground assault.
Top U.N. humanitarian official Martin Griffiths on Wednesday said the situation in Gaza was dire, with hospitals overwhelmed, more than 3,000 Gazans killed and 12,500 wounded.
China has repeatedly backed a vague two-state proposal on the decades-long deadlock that preceded the war, but it has historically been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause — albeit in favour of the nationalist Palestine Liberation Organisation rather than Islamist Hamas.
Xi met Egypt's Mostafa Madbouli in Beijing on Thursday, repeating China's support for a "two-state solution... to realise the peaceful coexistence of Palestine and Israel", according to multiple state media outlets.
"China is willing to enhance cooperation with Egypt... and inject more certainty and stability into the region and the world," Xi was reported as saying.
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