What paths are there to a peaceful solution to the currently escalating Middle East conflict? The EU foreign policy chief Borrell agrees with his Chinese counterpart.
The leading foreign policymakers of the EU and China have jointly advocated a two-state solution in the face of the conflict between Hamas and Israel. “I once again reiterate my condemnation of Hamas’ terrorist attacks and we agree that the two-state solution is the only stable solution,” said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday in Beijing, referring to an independent state for the Palestinians . The international community must work harder to make this solution possible.
Borrell spoke to China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing about international security issues. China stands between two chairs in the conflict between Hamas and Israel and sees itself as a friend of both sides. China believes that the fighting must end as quickly as possible, said Wang Yi. The United Nations would have to play its role in resolving the conflict. “The issue of Palestine is at the heart of the problem in the Middle East. It is a wound that continues to be reopened today,” he said. The basic problem is that the establishment of an independent Palestinian state has been repeatedly delayed.
Regarding Israel’s warning to the people of Gaza against military intervention, Borrell said: People need to be warned so that they can leave the region. But such a warning must also be realistic. However, the fact that around a million people could leave such an area within 24 hours is “absolutely unrealistic,” said Borrell.
Source: Stern
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