On October 21, 2026, H.E. Mr. Sun Zhen, Head of Office of the People’s Republic of China to the State of Palestine, met with Dr. Ibrahim Melhem, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Quds Newspaper.

Sun noted that since this year, President Xi Jinping has put forward his four-point principle for resolving the Palestinian question, along with a four-point proposal on new security architecture for Middle East. Recently, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Palestinian Foreign Minister Varsen Aghabekian Shahin in Baku on the sidelines of the Summit of CICA and reaffirmed China’s support for Palestine. As the newspaper with the largest circulation in Palestine, Al-Quds has made outstanding contributions to promoting China-Palestine friendship, spreading China’s voice and telling China’s stories. Chinese side highly appreciates this and stands ready to deepen the cooperation.

Melhem thanked China for supporting the Palestinian people, and spoke highly of the remarkable development achievements made by the Chinese people with the leadership of the Communist Party of China, hoping to work along with the Chinese side to keep telling good stories of China-Palestine friendship.

Sun gave an exclusive interview to Al-Quds on China-Palestine relations, the Palestinian question and the regional situation.