BEIJING—A senior official of the Chinese political consultative body visited Israel, Palestine, and Hungary between April 11-19.
Du Qinglin, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and head of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, held talks with Majalli Wahabi, deputy speaker of the Israeli Parliament, and Tayeb Abdul Rahim, secretary general of the Palestinian National Authority.
Du also met with representatives of the overseas Chinese and briefed them on China's policies on Tibet and the struggle with the Dalai group. He hoped that overseas Chinese could firmly defend the core interests of China, safeguard China's territorial and sovereign integrity, fight with separatists and be strong protectors of the peace and reunification of the motherland and the solidarity and rapprochement of the nation.
Due to the Qinghai earthquake, Du cancelled a trip to Poland and Belgium and returned home ahead of schedule. China on Wednesday voiced its support for the international efforts to promote the Middle East peace process, saying it will continue to play a constructive role in working with the international community for durable, comprehensive and fair solution in the Middle East.
The statement came as Li Baodong, the Chinese permanent representative to the United Nations, was speaking to reporters here after the UN Security Council met on the current situation in the Middle East.
Li said that China is deeply concerned about the long-stalled peace process in the Middle East. "We believe that it's very important to restart the peace process," he said. "In that regard, we support the efforts made by (UN) Secretary- general Ban Ki-moon for Quartet and other parties to bring back the peace process on track."
It is of paramount importance now to all parties concerned is to refrain themselves from taking proactive actions, he said.
"In China, we will be playing very important and constructive role along with the international community and strive for durable, comprehensive and fair solution in the Middle East," he said.—Xinhua
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