President Xi Jinping Calls Ceasefire In Gaza The Key To Reducing Regional Tensions

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Twitter/@ChineseEmbinUS)

JAKARTA - The Chinese president said the ceasefire and the end of the war in Gaza were key to easing regional tensions, the Middle East, while the Zionist regime of Israel was judged by Iran to have crossed all red limits.

That was conveyed when President Xi Jinping met with President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the BRICS 16th Summit in Kazan, Russia on Wednesday.

President Xi Jinping said the ceasefire immediately and the end of the war in Gaza was key to easing regional tensions, Xinhua reported.

The comments were made at a time when countries around the world called for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in turn said unshakable support from the United States and certain Western countries for the Zionist regime threatens peace in Western Asia, adding that Zionists have crossed all red lines, proving they have not complied with any humanitarian or legal principles by killing civilians and innocent people, quoted from IRNA.

Referring to the assassination of political leader Hamas Ismail Haniyeh by Israel in Tehran in July, President Pezeshkian said Iran despite its legitimate right to defend itself for its national sovereignty abuses, ignoring the right to regional peace and a ceasefire in Gaza.

However, he added, the Israeli regime intensified its crimes and spread war to Lebanon.

The Iranian president stressed that his country believes that war does not benefit anyone, and therefore, does not seek conflict. However, he added, if anyone commits acts of aggression against the Islamic Republic, they will receive a strong and firm response.