Palestinian president in Beijing visit
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May 6, 2013, Monday
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PALESTINIAN President Mahmud Abbas arrived in Beijing yesterday for a state visit, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also set to meet Chinese leaders later this week.
Abbas will stay in China until Tuesday, Xinhua news agency said, while Netanyahu is due to arrive in Shanghai today for two days and then visit Beijing until Friday.
Chinese leaders will meet Abbas on bilateral ties as well as international and regional issues of common concern.
Abbas said he plans to update Chinese leaders about obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian talks and ask them to "use its relationship with Israel to remove the obstacles that obstruct the Palestinian economy."
Of his overlapping visit with the Israeli leader Netanyahu, Abbas said: "It is a good opportunity that the Chinese listen to both of us."
Netanyahu is expected to seek greater Chinese backing for tougher sanctions against Iran in an attempt to slow its nuclear program, which Israel and Western states suspect is aimed at developing nuclear weapons.
China belongs to the P5+1 group of nations - the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany - that has been pressing Iran over its nuclear program.
Abbas will stay in China until Tuesday, Xinhua news agency said, while Netanyahu is due to arrive in Shanghai today for two days and then visit Beijing until Friday.
Chinese leaders will meet Abbas on bilateral ties as well as international and regional issues of common concern.
Abbas said he plans to update Chinese leaders about obstacles to Israeli-Palestinian talks and ask them to "use its relationship with Israel to remove the obstacles that obstruct the Palestinian economy."
Of his overlapping visit with the Israeli leader Netanyahu, Abbas said: "It is a good opportunity that the Chinese listen to both of us."
Netanyahu is expected to seek greater Chinese backing for tougher sanctions against Iran in an attempt to slow its nuclear program, which Israel and Western states suspect is aimed at developing nuclear weapons.
China belongs to the P5+1 group of nations - the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany - that has been pressing Iran over its nuclear program.
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