File picture of Chinese Middle East envoy Zhai Jun speaking with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the president's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Dec 7, 2019. - AP
BEIJING (AFP): China's Middle East envoy Zhai Jun was in Qatar, embarking on a Middle East visit that Beijing said Friday (Oct 20) was part of a bid to "cool down" the Israel-Hamas war.
Zhai Jun met with Russian counterpart Mikhail Bogdanov as well as Qatari top diplomat Mohammed Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi in the capital Doha on Thursday (Oct 19), the foreign ministry said.
