China's Xi calls for Middle East peace conference

Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas as he addressed Arab leaders and diplomats at a forum in Beijing.
   China is this week hosting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and
several other Arab leaders for a forum at which discussions on the war in Gaza
were expected.
   Addressing the delegations on Thursday morning, Xi said China supported a
"broad-based" peace conference to resolve the conflict.
   "The Middle East is a land bestowed with broad prospects for development,
but the war is still raging on it," Xi said.