China will not participate in US-led Bahrain conference

Ramallah (QNN) – Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine, Guo Wei, said that his country will not take part in the US-led ‘Peace to Prosperity’ conference, scheduled on June 25-26 in Bahrain’s capital, Manama.

In a meeting with Nabil Shaath, advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for external affairs and international relations, the ambassador of china said that boycotting the Bahrain conference comes within the framework of a bilateral Russian-Chinese agreement not to participate in it, stressing his country’s position in support of the Palestinian cause and people, including their right to self determination and the establishment of an independent state of Palestine within the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.

Meanwhile, Shaath stressed the Palestinian rejection of the US-led economic workshop set to be held in Bahrain, considering it part of the US so-called ‘deal of the century’.

Shaath briefed the Chinese ambassador on the Palestinian political situation and the serious Israeli violations against the Palestinian people, land, and holy sites in violation of international law and signed agreements, praising China’s role and that of all other friendly countries.