China News Service, Beijing, July 15 (Reporter Zhang Su Guo Chaokai) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin hosted a regular press conference on the 15th.
A reporter asked: On the 14th, US President Joe Biden, who was visiting Israel, and Israeli Prime Minister Lapid said jointly with reporters that the US will continue to exercise leadership in the Middle East and will not allow China and Russia to fill the "vacuum", contrary to the US and Israel Benefit.
what opinions do the Chinese have on this issue?
Wang Wenbin: The people of the Middle East are the masters of the Middle East. The Middle East is not someone's "backyard", let alone a so-called "vacuum".
At present, the situation in the Middle East is very unstable. The repeated delays of the epidemic have dragged down regional development. The Ukrainian crisis has continued to spill over and impacted regional security. What the people of the Middle East yearn most for is development and what they need most is security.
The international community, especially the major powers, is responding to the urgent needs of the people in the Middle East, helping the countries and people of the Middle East to solve the two major issues of development and security, and providing constructive assistance to this end, not the other way around.
For a long time, China has always supported the people of the Middle East to independently explore their own development paths, and supported the countries in the Middle East to resolve regional security issues through solidarity and cooperation.
China is willing to work with the international community to continue to contribute more positive energy to the realization of peace and development in the Middle East.
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