China's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Qin Gang, urged Israel on Sunday to stop its "incitement" in order to avoid escalation with the Palestinians, news agencies have reported. In a joint press conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the Chinese minister called on Israel to "stop incitements and provocations, and to refrain from taking uniliteral actions that could worsen the situation." READ: EU worried about Israel's unilateral measures Referring to the recent provocative incursion at Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israel's far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Qin Gang reiterated the importance of "maintaining the status quo" in Jerusalem. He also reiterated China's longstanding position on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict based on the "the two-state-solution and the land-for-peace principle." The […] Source
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