Sun Bigan, Middle East envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, refuted western media reports on Tuesday claiming that the Hezbollah-launched missile that hit an Israeli warship on July 14th was "made in China".

Sun, who has just concluded his Middle East tour, told a press conference that the reports are "groundless". China has strict regulations on weapon exports, he said, and, without any political conditions, requires such exports to be used on national defense only and not transferred to a third party.

Starting from August 6th, in an effort to ease the current Middle East tension, Sun visited Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and exchanged views with related sides on regional situations, especially the Israel-Lebanon conflict. He returned to Beijing on August 19th.

Sun's tour didn't include Iran, one of the countries believed standing behind the Israel-Lebanon conflict. He answered the question by saying that as China's Middle East envoy, he is more concerned with the Arab-Israel clash while the Iranian issue is beyond his capacity.

During his tour Sun raised a four-point proposal on behalf of the Chinese government. First, strive for unconditional, immediate ceasefire, then, the international community acts quickly to help stop the disaster happening in Lebanon, so as to ease the nation's suffering. Finally they should map out a political framework for permanent settlement of the Israel-Lebanon crisis and restart peace talks in the Middle East as soon as possible.

Sun does not agree with the declaration that the Middle East peace is already dead. He believes all parties should try hard to find out new solutions.

By People's Daily Online