Intervention seen as latest Chinese effort to make diplomatic mark in region with economic interests
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Xi Jinping, sensing a diplomatic opening, is stepping up China’s intervention in the Middle East crisis has issued a joint statement with the French president Emmanuel Macron urging Israel not to go ahead with an offensive in Rafah.
The rare moment of Sino-European synergy is the latest effort by China to make its diplomatic mark in a region in which it has deep economic interests, but more shallow diplomatic moorings.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/07/china-joins-france-in-urging-israel-not-to-go-ahead-with-rafah-offensive
Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Publish date : 2024-05-07 14:54:46
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