China calls for UNSC meeting to discuss war on Gaza
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Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Yi will be attending a UN Security Council meeting to raise the "Palestinian-Israeli" issue on November 29.
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Yi with diplomats from the Gaza contact group in Beijing on November 20, 2023 (AP)
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Yi will be attending a UN Security Council meeting to raise what he described as the "Palestinian-Israeli issue" on November 29.
"China, as this month's presidency of the UN Security Council, will hold a high-level UN Security Council meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli issue on November 29," Wang told a briefing.
China has expressed early on during the way worries of escalation, and called for an early ceasefire to avoid a "more serious humanitarian catastrophe".
Wang Yi had also hosted the Gaza contact group in Beijing and held discussions to implement an immediate ceasefire on November 20.
Just a few days later, a ceasefire was called into action. China has welcomed it, with Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Mao Ning expressing hope that "the agreement will help alleviate the humanitarian crisis and contribute to reducing escalation and tensions."
An Arab-Islamic foreign ministers’ delegation is in China for a two-day visit. We’ll keep working with Arab-Islamic countries for an early ceasefire and relief of the humanitarian crisis in #Gaza,and for Palestinian-Israeli peace and a secure and stable Middle East. pic.twitter.com/a8MQLHa8GN
— Spokesperson发言人办公室 (@MFA_China) November 20, 2023
"The United States is murdering the Palestinian people"
The temporary ceasefire brings forth the delivery of aid to Gaza through the Rafah crossing, as well as the exchange of prisoners taken by both Hamas and "Israel".
While Hamas expressed its commitment to the ceasefire, "Israel" has violated the clauses of the truce by limiting the entrance of aid trucks. Only 248 trucks have entered the Strip since the start of the ceasefire despite the agreement clearly stating that 200 trucks must enter daily. That means that at least 600 should have made it in thus far.
International organizations have attacked the truce for being "insufficient", and advocated for a long-term ceasefire instead.
These calls have been rejected by both the United States and the Israeli occupation entity, stressing that the aggression must continue until all "Tel Aviv's" objectives are fulfilled, something which military experts and diplomats expressed extreme doubts about.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stressed that "America has no right to interfere or make any decisions for the people of Gaza, and any action they take in this regard is doomed to failure".
Elsewhere, the Iranian President considered that the United States is murdering the Palestinian people in Gaza, describing any US interference in the future of the Gaza Strip as a continuation of its crimes.
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