Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazef on Monday met with visiting Chinese special envoy to the Mideast peace process Wang Shijie to discuss the Palestinian-Israeli peace process in the wake of the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

"The Palestinian-Israeli issue is constantly developing and China's general goal in this respect is to help the two sides move ahead along the road to peace," Wang told reporters after the meeting.

Wang said China appreciated the measures Egypt had taken to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and that Egypt also valued China's role in helping achieve peace between the two sides.

China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, has long supported the Palestinian cause and now it also supports the Mideast peace process, said the Chinese envoy, adding that the Egyptian side hopes China can play a bigger role in this field in the future.

Wang arrived in Egypt on Sunday as part of his regional tour which has already taken him to the Palestinian territories, Israel and Jordan. He will leave on Tuesday for Morocco, the last leg of his trip.

Source: Xinhua