Lasting efforts on mediation reap success
China DailyBy ZHANG YUNBI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-07-28 23:38 Foreign Minister Wang Yi poses for a group photo on Tuesday at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing with members of Palestinian factions, who signed a declaration on ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity. Following China's success in enabling rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran last year, Beijing hosted talks for internal reconciliation between Palestinian factions in the past week, and the factions' representatives signed the landmark Beijing declaration on Tuesday for ending division and strengthening the national unity of Palestine. Maged Refaat Aboulmagd, an ambassador member of the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs, said the fact that China has brought Palestinian factions together shows great "courage and wisdom" on the part of Beijing. Niu Xinchun, executive director of the China-Arab Research Institute at Ningxia University, said that behind many nations' approval of Beijing's mediation efforts is the fact that "China has followed the global trend, and China has responded proactively to the call of the international community". The plenary session stated that China must "remain firm in pursuing an independent foreign policy of peace", be dedicated to promoting a community with a shared future for mankind, put into practice the common values of all mankind, and implement the Global Development Initiative, Global Security Initiative and Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping.