Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang announces:

At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, former Minister of State of the Palestinian National Authority Abdel Kader I.F.Hamed and former Minister of Justice of Israel Yossi Beilin will head delegations to the Israeli-Palestinian Seminar on Peace Process in the Middle East to be held in Beijing from December 14 to 17. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing will meet with the Palestinian and Israeli delegations.

China firmly supports all efforts conducive to peace in the Middle East.