{"id":1755,"date":"2024-03-20T06:05:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T06:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2024-03-21T06:10:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T06:10:51","slug":"chinese-envoy-meets-hamas-leader-for-1st-time-since-7-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/chinese-envoy-meets-hamas-leader-for-1st-time-since-7-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese envoy meets Hamas leader for 1st time since 7 October"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a first since 7 October, a Chinese Foreign Ministry envoy met with the head of Hamas\u2019 Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Qatar, Beijing said today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a brief statement, the Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Wang Kejian met with Haniyeh on Sunday and the pair \u201cexchanged views on the Gaza conflict and other issues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the first known public contact between Beijing and the Palestinian resistance group that governs Gaza since 7 October when Israel launched a massive bombing campaign on the enclave.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"RRpZts0oJVo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chinese Envoy Met Senior Hamas Leader: Report\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RRpZts0oJVo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Beijing, China\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Lin Jian, today called on all factions in Palestine to use dialogue to \u201cachieve internal reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Extending congratulations to Mohammad Mustafa on taking office as the new prime minister, Lin said China \u201csupports\u201d the Palestinian Authority (PA) in \u201cenhancing authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beijing supports \u201call political factions in Palestine in achieving internal reconciliation through consultation and dialogue,\u201d Lin added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to the\u00a0Israeli raid on Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City yesterday, Lin said: \u201cWhat has happened in Al-Shifa Hospital epitomises the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"6Ne3fk584Ps\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Israel-Hamas war: Chinese envoy meets Hamas political leader in a first since the Israel-Gaza war\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Ne3fk584Ps?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe top priority now is to realise an immediate ceasefire, protect civilians with utmost efforts, avoid greater casualties and alleviate the humanitarian crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Israeli public broadcaster\u00a0<i>KAN<\/i>, around 80 Palestinians were detained following the raid on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a first since 7 October, a Chinese Foreign Ministry envoy met with the head of Hamas\u2019 Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in Qatar, Beijing said today. In a brief statement, the Foreign Ministry said Ambassador Wang Kejian met with Haniyeh on Sunday and the pair \u201cexchanged views on the Gaza conflict and other issues.\u201d It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,41,66],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1755","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-asia-americas","8":"category-middle-east","9":"category-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1755"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1757,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1755\/revisions\/1757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomatique.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}