Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Wednesday talked via phone with
head of the Lebanese Future Movement Bloc Saadeddine Hariri,
exchanging views on the latest Middle East situation.
Li said the conflicts between Lebanon and Israel had caused the
mass loss of people and damaged a lot of infrastructure, worsening
the Middle East situation, according to a foreign ministry
statement.
China called for the two parties involved in the conflict to
cease fire so as not to escalate the situation, the statement
said.
Israel has intensified its air raids on Lebanese targets since
launching a massive assault on July 12 when Lebanon's Hezbollah
guerillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight in
cross-border attacks.
(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2006)
