Peres seeks Chinese help in peace process

BEIJING, APRIL 4: Former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres, in China on a five-day visit, has urged Beijing to play a larger role in the M...

BEIJING, APRIL 4: Former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres, in China on a five-day visit, has urged Beijing to play a larger role in the Middle East peace process the official China daily reported today.

“My lifelong goal is to see peace realised in the Middle East. And China can make a contribution to this peace in its own way,” Peres was reported saying.

“China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, it speaks with a respected voice and has good relations with both Israel and Arab countries.”

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Peres, who won the 1994 Nobel peace prize for initiating the Middle East peace process, arrived in Beijing yesterday from Moscow.

“Now the world has entered a phase of globalisation, people should have a new understanding of the situation in the Middle East,” he said.

“But some people in Israel and Arab countries hold on to outmoded ideas in a new age.”

Peres, honorary president of the council for the promotion of Israel-China relations, is also scheduled to meet Chinesevice-premier and former foreign minister Qian Qichen Saturday. He will also visit a mosque before leaving next Wednesday.

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Peres’s successor as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is to visit China from May 26 to 28.

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