Johannesburg, July 26th—Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), met here today with Jibril Rajoub, Secretary General of the Fatah Central Committee of Palestine during the Liberation Movements Summit 2025. 

Liu said, China highly values the traditional friendship between China and Palestine. No matter how the international situation changes, the two sides have always trusted and supported each other and are good friends, partners and brothers. The CPC attaches great importance to developing friendly relations with Fatah and is willing to deepen exchanges between the two Parties and promote the continuous development of the strategic partnership between China and Palestine. 

Liu said, the Palestinian question is at the heart of the Middle East issue, and the two-State solution is the only realistic way to solve the Palestinian question. China firmly supports the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights, support Palestine’s bid for full United Nations (UN) membership, and supports the immediate realization of a sustained ceasefire in Gaza to effectively alleviate the humanitarian crisis. China is willing to work with the international community to continue to make unremitting efforts to promote an early, comprehensive, just and lasting settlement of the Palestinian question. China has always supported internal reconciliation in Palestine and believes that internal reconciliation in Palestine is an important step towards resolving the Palestinian question and achieving peace and stability in the Middle East. China sincerely hopes that Palestine will realize solidarity, unity and independent statehood at an early date. 

Rajoub said, Fatah is proud of the deep friendship between Palestine and China and the long-term friendly cooperation with the CPC. He thanked China for its tremendous assistance to Palestine's development over the years and its important contributions to promoting reconciliation among Palestinian factions, which has created positive conditions for Palestine to realize independent statehood and brought new hope to the Palestinian people. Palestine and Fatah are willing to further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with China and the CPC, and jointly defend international fairness and justice and maintain world peace and stability.