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PM said to welcome growing Chinese involvement in region: It’ll keep the US engaged
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and China's President Xi Jinping (R) shake hands ahead of their talks at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on March 21, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Etienne Oliveau)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently told a closed-door meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that he welcomes China’s growing involvement in the region, the Walla news site reports.
The report, citing two participants in the meeting held two weeks ago, says that the prime minister told participants that Beijing’s growing clout in the Middle East is good for Israel because it will force the US — Israel’s main ally — to remain engaged in the region.
The report comes a day after Netanyahu confirmed that he had been invited to visit China.
China recently brokered a deal between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran to renew diplomatic ties.
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