Palestinian President to visit China
The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on June 9th that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, is set to visit China from June 13th to the 16th at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping. During a briefing, ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, commented on the invitation, stating that Abbas “is the first Arab head of state received by China this year, fully embodying the high level of China-Palestine good relations, which have traditionally been friendly.”
Wenbin went on to state that Abbas is an “old and good friend of the Chinese people…China has always firmly supported the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights.”
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