Chinese Vision to Enhance Common Security in the Middle East

President Xi Jinping recently paid a successful state visit to Egypt, a significant diplomatic move by China toward the Middle East that reflected its sustained interest in regional issues and its commitment to contributing to enhanced security, peace, and stability in the region.

First, activating the internal dynamics of shared security in the region. The peoples of the Middle East should take charge of their own affairs, with regional countries supporting dialogue on peace and security issues, thereby enabling them to seek solutions suited to their circumstances and needs, away from the logic of confrontation and conflict.

Second, promoting integrated governance of shared security in the region. There are many pressing issues in the Middle East, interconnected by overlapping and potent factors and causes. Therefore, comprehensive and integrated solutions to these issues are required, rather than addressing them in isolation or dealing with their symptoms without tackling their root causes.

The realization of lasting security and stability in the Middle East fundamentally depends on development. Sustainable security cannot be achieved without providing conducive conditions for development and prosperity, improving the living standards of the region’s peoples, and fostering a stable regional environment that facilitates shared development.

Fourth, enhancing international coordination for shared security in the region. The United Nations Charter and international law serve as the fundamental reference for handling Middle Eastern affairs. The United Nations should be supported in playing an effective role in regional matters, and international efforts aimed at achieving peace and stability should be strengthened.

China has consistently stood firmly for peace and dialogue, on the right side of history, and has played a constructive role in safeguarding and promoting peace and stability in the Middle East.

This initiative represents a new Chinese solution contributing to achieving lasting peace and stability in the Middle East. President Xi Jinping has put forward a four-point vision for safeguarding and enhancing peace and stability in the Middle East, as well as four basic principles for advancing the resolution of the Palestinian issue.

These important political proposals by President Xi Jinping place the fundamental interests of the region’s peoples at the core, balancing security and development, and addressing the legitimate security concerns of various regional countries. They provide a practical pathway out of the security dilemma facing the Middle East and clearly define the direction in which efforts should be directed.

The Middle East is currently witnessing ongoing wars, with the region’s situation still mired in a vortex of conflicts. The Chinese side has tirelessly worked to halt the war and made maximum efforts to achieve peace, consistently emphasizing the necessity of resolving hot-button issues and disputes among regional parties through dialogue and negotiations, and opposing the use or threat of force.

Recently, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and China’s Foreign Minister, affirmed during his meeting in Beijing with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Jara Al-Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah that the current situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region is once again at a critical juncture. The old scenario of repeating the vortex of conflict must not recur, and a new chapter of stability and prosperity should be opened as soon as possible.

The Chinese side consistently believes that, regardless of the breadth of disagreements, solutions should be sought at the negotiating table rather than resorting to military force, and that steps toward ceasefire and preventing war should not be reversed.

China hopes that the relevant parties will respond positively to the international community’s aspirations for peace, place the well-being of the peoples of the countries in the region first, return to the path of dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible, and prioritize de-escalating the situation.

China will continue to translate the important political initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping regarding the situation in the Middle East into concrete actions. It will work sincerely with Kuwait, other countries in the region, and the international community to advance the realization of lasting peace and stability in the Middle East, and to contribute Chinese efforts to achieving peace, stability, development, and prosperity in the region.