China urges Palestinian issue not to be ‘pushed to the margins’

China on Tuesday urged that the Palestinian issue must not be “pushed to the margins under any circumstances,” Anadolu reports. Chinese UN envoy Fu Cong told a UN Security Council meeting that the Palestinian question “is, and always will be, the core of the Middle East issue.” Addressing developments in the Middle East, he said the situation has escalated “dramatically” in recent months, with widespread consequences severely disrupting regional stability and affecting the global economy and energy security. China urged all parties to “seize the window of peace,” exercise maximum restraint, show sincerity and remain committed to a political settlement to avoid reversing progress in ceasefire negotiations and restore stability in the Middle East and Gulf region. He said the […]