China urges effective steps to reach immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip to avoid deadlier humanitarian disaster

China has called for taking effective measures to reach an immediate ceasefire in Gaza Strip and for sparing no effort to protect civilians so as to avoid a serious humanitarian catastrophe.

Xinhua News Agency quoted the China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Zhang Jun as saying on Friday that the Palestinian issue is the most pressing issue and that a comprehensive and just solution to this issue cannot be delayed.

Zhang Jun urged the UN and the Security Council to heed the call of Arab countries, strengthen coordination with regional mechanisms, work on the basis of international consensus, take effective measures to promote an immediate ceasefire and make every effort to ensure the safety of civilians in order to prevent an even deadlier humanitarian disaster.

The time calls for unity and cooperation, without which effective responses to various global challenges will be impossible, said the Chinese diplomat.

Two days ago, the Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that top priority regarding the situation in Gaza Strip should be given to ceasefire and the non expansion of the war, pointing out that the way to get out of the current situation is the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.

Hamda Mustafa