Gaza Crisis: Making all-out effort to stop fighting top priority

The Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said his country believes that it is a top priority to make all efforts to stop the latest fighting in the Middle East as soon as possible, prevent it from spreading and avoid further deterioration of the situation.

Palestine, like Israel, has a right to statehood, and the root cause of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East was the failure to redress the historical injustice suffered by the Palestinian people, said the envoy, according to a press release issued by the Chinese embassy in Dhaka.

Yao said it is imperative to follow the international humanitarian law, make every effort to ensure the safety of civilians, open up a humanitarian rescue and assistance passage as quickly as possible, and prevent a severe humanitarian disaster.

The statement was issued after Yao met Palestinian Ambassador to Bangladesh Yousef Ramadan, during which they exchanged views on the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

He said the question of Palestine is at the heart of the Middle East issue and a wound that keeps being torn open in today's world.

Yao stressed that on the question of Palestine, China will continue to stand on the side of peace, justice, international law, shared aspirations of the majority of countries in the world, and human conscience.

He said the UN should play its due role in resolving the question of Palestine and that the UN Security Council needs to shoulder important responsibilities for this, build international consensus as quickly as possible and take real measures to that end.

The special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue will soon visit relevant countries in the region and make active efforts to facilitate a cessation of violence and de-escalate the situation, he added.