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*Chinese envoy, Egyptian FM meet on Gaza situation*
*CAIRO*, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Visiting China's special envoy on the
Middle East issue *Sun Bigan* held talks here on Monday with Egyptian
Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on the latest developments of the Gaza
Strip, which has been under intensive Israeli attacks in the past 17 days.
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit (R) meets with China's special
envoy on the Middle East issue Sun Bigan in Cairo Jan. 12, 2009. The two
sides exchanged opinions on the Gaza crisis and vowed to work together to
help ease the tension in the Palestinian enclave.
The two sides exchanged opinions on the Gaza crisis and vowed to work
together to help ease the tension in the Palestinian enclave, Sun said
during a press conference at the Chinese embassy in Cairo on Monday evening.
Abul Gheit briefed the current situation in Gaza and stressed that Egypt
would exert more efforts to help reach a ceasefire in the besieged coastal
strip, said Sun.
During the visit to Egypt, Sun put forward five standpoints of the
Chinese government on the current Middle East situation, particularly on the
Gaza crisis.
Sun said China calls on all parties concerned to abide by the UN
Security Council Resolution 1860 and cease all military actions immediately
to avert more casualties.
"Measures should be taken to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza," said
Sun, adding a stable channel for supply of humanitarian aid including food,
medicine and fuel for Gaza should be open at the earliest time possible, and
parties concerned should provide the necessary guarantee in this regard.
Parties concerned should establish, through negotiation, a ceasefire
monitoring mechanism in Gaza and work to create durable security and
stability there, said the Chinese envoy.
He added that the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks should resume at the
earliest time, and efforts should be made to seek solution to issues related
to the final status of the Palestinian territories on the basis of mutual
trust, so that an independent Palestinian state will be established as early
as possible and the "two states" of Palestine and Israel will coexist
peacefully.
Finally, the international community should increase mediating efforts
for peace and promote a comprehensive, just and durable settlement of the
Middle East issue, said Sun, added that China is ready to work with parties
concerned and make unremitting efforts in this regard.
Earlier on Monday, Sun also had talks with Arab League Secretary General
Amr Moussa and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman on the Gaza
situation, calling on all parties concerned to abide by the UN Security
Council resolution and cease all military actions immediately and take
measures to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
After his visit to Egypt, Sun will head for the Palestinian territories
and Israel on Tuesday for talks with parties concerned on the Gaza situation
and explain the Chinese standpoints.
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