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Chinese envoy visited Israel and Ramallah this week, Beijing’s foreign ministry says
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China's special envoy for Middle East affairs Zhai Jun at a meeting with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (unseen) in Tehran, October 22, 2019. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
A Chinese envoy visited Israel and Ramallah this week and met senior officials from both sides, China’s foreign ministry says.
Zhai Jun, special envoy of the Chinese government on the Middle East issue, was in Israel from Tuesday to Thursday and held talks with Israeli officials, including Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, and “exchanged views on regional hot issues”.
In a separate statement, the ministry says Zhai also visited Ramallah in the West Bank on Wednesday and held a meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in which they discussed Chinese-Palestinian relations and the Palestinian issue.
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