Qatar has delivered a formal complaint with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) over a recent Israeli strike on its capital of Doha, according to a news report from Qatar's state-run news agency on Saturday.
Israel launched the unprecedented airstrike on Sept 9 in Doha, targeting a building where Hamas officials were meeting to discuss the latest ceasefire proposal put forward by the United States.
Five members of Hamas and a Qatari security officer were killed during the strike, while key members of the Hamas negotiating team survived.
The Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported that Qatar described in the complaint the Israeli attack as "a blatant violation of Qatar's sovereignty and provisions of the Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation." The Qatari government stated that it reserves the right to take responsive measures under international law, added the report.
A separate report from Israel's Channel 12 said that Qatar is demanding a public apology from Israel for the attack. The report added that this apology has been set as a precondition for Qatar to resume its role as a mediator in the ongoing Gaza conflict.
Qatar has played a key role in mediation efforts aimed at securing a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli operation in Doha has drawn strong condemnation from the international community.
Qatar lodges complaint with ICAO over Israeli strike on Doha: report
Qatar lodges complaint with ICAO over Israeli strike on Doha: report
Qatar lodges complaint with ICAO over Israeli strike on Doha: report
China's development has never been a "threat" to anyone but the source of growth advancing common development of all countries, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular press conference in Beijing on Friday.
Some Western media and think tanks are peddling so-called "China Shock 2.0," saying that "China is achieving fast development in high-tech sectors such as renewable energy and AI and relies on foreign markets to absorb its overcapacity, thus reducing the market share of developed countries and sending more serious shock waves to the global economy compared with the era of traditional manufacture industry," while there are foreign commentators saying that the "China Shock 2.0" argument ignores the genuine innovation occurring within the Chinese industrial ecosystem and that Chinese export is the exact booster of the global economy that is needed in the turbulent period and more indispensable than ever.
Commenting on that, Lin said: "From the world's factory to the world's market and innovation powerhouse, China's development is achieved through strong performance driven by innovation and brings tangible cooperation opportunities and space to the world. High-quality Chinese products represented by the 'old three' of textiles, furniture and home appliances have stabilized the global industrial and supply chain, lowered the living cost of global consumers and eased the inflationary pressure worldwide. China's green production capacity represented by the 'new three' of electric vehicles, batteries and solar panels has bridged the gap between supply and demand in global green development and bolstered the global energy transition and low-carbon development. Moreover, China's high-tech products represented by the 'new new three' of robots, AI and innovative drugs have broken high-tech barriers and monopoly and enabled people in more countries to access affordable new technologies," said the spokesman.
"Openness and cooperation bring about progress and win-win result. China's development has never been a 'threat' to anyone but the source of growth advancing common development of all countries. What really creates 'shocks' to the world has never been the innovation of Chinese companies and efficiency of Chinese industrial capacity, but protectionist moves of setting up barriers, decoupling and severing industrial and supply chains. China will stay committed to high-standard opening up, defend the multilateral trading system and provide more certainty and new impetus to the world economy with its own steady development," said Lin.
China's development never a threat: FM spokesman
