President Jiang Zemin wrote to President Arafat and Prime Minister Barak last month, urging them to put an end to the conflicts and to restore peace talks as soon as possible. Historical experiences have proved that violence can not solve problems and peace in the Middle East can only be brought about through peace talks. Egypt is a big Arab country and has been playing an important role in pushing the peace talks. Egypt's role becomes more important at the time when difficulties crop up in the peace talks. In the wake of conflicts between Palestine and Israel, a multilateral summit meeting was held in Sharm el Sheikh of Egypt aimed at putting an end to the conflicts under the initiative of Egypt.
China appreciates and supports the positive influence and role of Egypt.
As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, China has always supported the just cause of Arabs and Palestine and the peace process of the Middle East by contributing efforts to promote its development. China will, as always, uphold justice, actively promote the peace talks in the Middle East. China stands ready to make concerted efforts with Egypt to maintain consultations and step up coordination with the Egyptian side in a bid to realize peace in the Middle East at an early date. Deputy Prime Minister Wali warmly welcomed Vice Premier Wu's official visit to Eygt, noting that President Mubarak met with Wu in Sharm el Sheikh and the two sides exchanged extensively views on furthering bilateral friendly cooperation in all dimensions. He expressed the belief that Wu's current visit to Egypt will help to advance the strategic cooperative ties between the two countries jointly launched by President Mubarak and President Jiang.