Xinhua News Agency reported that China continued financial support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). On August 13, China’s Office to Palestine signed a donation agreement with UNRWA in Amman, the capital of Jordan.
At the signing ceremony, Zeng Jixin, head of China’s office in Palestine, said that “UNRWA is currently facing severe difficulties and challenges, which China views with deep concern.” He stressed that “China has always firmly supported UNRWA in fulfilling its mandate, and will continue to take concrete actions to back its work, helping to ease the humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the suffering of the Palestinian people.”
Since Israel’s law banning UNRWA operations took effect at the end of January this year, the agency’s public services for Palestinian refugees have been curtailed.
(Editor’s Note: The Israeli government and some Western governments have questioned the UNRWA’s operations being biased against Israel and even supporting anti-Israel activities.)
Source: Xinhua, August 13, 2025
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