China has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for threatening to remove the people of Gaza from their homeland and relocate them to neighbouring countries.
At a news conference on Saturday, February 8, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun remarked that Trump was overstepping his authority since Gaza is not under U.S. jurisdiction.
Guo emphasized that Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people and should not be used as a political pawn.
He reaffirmed China’s commitment to supporting the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, insisting that “Palestinians governing Palestine” is an essential principle in Gaza’s governance after the conflict.
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China firmly opposes any forced displacement of the people of Gaza.
He said: “Gaza belongs to the Palestinian people. It is an inalienable part of the territory of Palestine, not a bargaining chip for political games”.
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“The international community, major countries in particular, should join hands to make Gaza better, rather than worse, by providing humanitarian assistance and helping with its reconstruction”.
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China he said, “stands ready to work with the rest of the world for the realization of the two-State solution as the fundamental way forward, and for an early, just political settlement of the Palestinian question, namely, the establishment of an independent State of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty based on the 1967 border and with east Jerusalem as its capital”.
