BEIJING, May 25  -- Vice President Li Yuanchao on Thursday reaffirmed that China supports a comprehensive, just, and long-lasting solution of the Palestinian issue at an early date.

While meeting with Tawfiq Al-Tirawi, a visiting member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement, Li noted that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is willing to deepen party-to-party exchanges with Fatah for wider cooperation between China and Palestine.

Thanking China for its support for the just cause of the Palestinian people, Tawfiq Al-Tirawi said the country places great importance on developing relations with China as well as the CPC, and is willing to strengthen cooperation in various areas.

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