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China, Norway urge ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire, stronger backing for Palestinian Authority

  • Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Norway’s Espen Barth Eide exchange ‘in-depth views’ on Middle East situation during talks in Beijing
  • Visit by Eide, the most senior Norwegian official to travel to China since 2018, comes as the two countries mark 70 years of diplomatic ties

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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide have urged all parties to work together to prevent the Gaza conflict from spilling over and for the “immediate release of all detained persons”, according to a statement from Beijing. Photo: Xinhua
Kawala Xie
The top diplomats of China and Norway have called for all-round efforts to prevent regional spillovers of the conflict around Gaza, while pledging stronger support for the Palestinian Authority (PA).
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Norwegian counterpart Espen Barth Eide exchanged “in-depth views” on the situation in the Middle East during talks in Beijing on Monday, a Chinese foreign ministry statement said.

They “agreed on the need for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza” and a “substantial increase in humanitarian assistance”.

“All parties need to work together to prevent the conflict from spilling over and [we] call for the immediate release of all detained persons,” the statement added.

Both Norway and China support Palestine as a sovereign state and have been vocal about the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where the conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas is about to enter a fourth month.

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