Chinese envoy to visit Middle East

BEIJING- Chinese Middle East envoy Wu Sike will visit Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Qatar from March 23 to April 2, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu announced Monday.Wu will discuss the Middle East peace process and exchange views on current regional situation with relevant sides, Jiang said.

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