By Minlu Zhang at the United Nations |
chinadaily.com.cn |
A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday called for renewed negotiations to ease escalating tensions in the Gulf region and restore safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while also urging the full implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
Sun Lei, charge d'affaires of China's permanent mission to the United Nations, said a memorandum of understanding signed more than a month ago was a hard-won result of mediation efforts and should be fully implemented.
"Now that the door to negotiations has been opened, it should not be closed. As long as there remains hope for peace, efforts should not be abandoned," Sun told a quarterly meeting of the UN Security Council on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.
