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China says Israel should stop its 'forced establishment' of West Bank settlements

BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that his country should stop and reverse its "forced establishment" of West Bank settlements, China's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century, Wang told Herzog during a meeting in Azerbaijan, the ministry added. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) ((ben.blanchard@thomsonreuters.com;)

BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Israeli President Isaac Herzog that his country should stop and reverse its "forced establishment" of West Bank settlements, China's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday. China has consistently held that the Palestinian question is the greatest historical injustice of this century, Wang told Herzog during a meeting in Azerbaijan, the ministry added. (Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) ((ben.blanchard@thomsonreuters.com;)