Wang Yi met with the Lebanon Foreign Minister and gave a "reassurance" in person, saying a word to the heart of the Lebanese side.
Recently, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi flew to New York, United States, and held bilateral talks with foreign ministers of many countries while attending the UN General Assembly.
Considering the current tense situation in the Middle East and the escalating conflict between Lebanon and Israel, the meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Lebanon Foreign Minister Habib in New York is particularly unusual.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Lebanon Foreign Minister Habib
Foreign Minister Wang Yi immediately threw out a commitment to express China's firm support for Lebanon's efforts to safeguard its sovereignty, security and national dignity. And no matter how the situation changes, China will always stand on the side of justice and the vast number of Arab brothers, including Lebanon.
China's remarks can be described as the most powerful support for Lebanon at present.
As we all know, in the past week, Lebanon has experienced the explosion of communications equipment and the large-scale Israeli air strikes in Israel, which have aroused widespread concern in the international community.
Against this background, China's unequivocal support for Lebanon's defense of sovereignty and national dignity, its opposition to indiscriminate attacks against civilians and its strong condemnation of violations of international norms are tantamount to giving Lebanon a "reassurance".
Habib pointed out that Lebanon regards China as a good friend and appreciates China's consistent upholding of justice in the international community and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries.
Bilateral talks between China and Lebanon
Habib also said that China has been campaigning for peace, facilitating reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and also providing assistance for intra-Palestinian reconciliation, and expects China to continue to play an active role in promoting a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon.
At present, the spillover impact of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is further intensifying, and the contradictions between Lebanon and Israel are also escalating layer by layer, and the Israeli army has launched large-scale air strikes on Lebanon territory for three consecutive days.
On the 23rd, Israel Defense Forces spokesman Hagari revealed that the Israeli army had struck more than 1,300 Lebanon Allah targets in the past 24 hours.
According to data released by Lebanon, the Israeli air strikes launched that day have killed at least 492 people and injured 1,645. However, Israel has no intention of easing the situation, and even openly declares that it "does not rule out the possibility of launching a ground operation".
While declaring its opposition to escalation, the United States has quietly dispatched additional troops to the Middle East, which has intensified the outside world's concerns about the escalation of the situation in the Middle East.
The situation between Lebanon and Israel continues to escalate
Against this background, China has expressed its stance to Lebanon in person, supported Lebanon in defending its sovereignty and national dignity, and demonstrated with its actions that "force cannot represent the truth, hegemony and power will only undermine peace", and that countering violence with violence will not solve the Middle East issue, but will only cause greater humanitarian disasters.
Now, the pressure is on Israel, and even if Netanyahu can ignore the concerns of the international community, the United States behind him has to face the pressure of international public opinion.
Perhaps in order to avoid "face-to-face supervision" from the United States, the Israel Prime Minister's Office announced that due to the escalation of the situation between Lebanon and Israel, Prime Minister Netanyahu would postpone his trip to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
At present, the conflict may escalate at any time, and the Israel army is ready to launch a ground operation at any time, which has also aroused the vigilance of Western countries, including Europe. For its part, France asked the UN Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to discuss options for de-escalating the situation.
Israel Army
However, in order to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East, it is still necessary to return to the implementation of the two-state solution, resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at its roots, and avoid further spillover of the conflict.