“China certainly has the power to influence the parties in the Middle East, towards working hard on achieving peace in the region.”
Prof. Joseph Shalhevet became Israel’s first official representative to China prior to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1992. “Our presence gradually instilled into the consciousness of the international community, especially in the Middle East, that the normalization of relations between China and Israel is an irreversible process.”
Mr. Avraham Nir is the newly appointed Consul General to Israel’s Consulate in Guangzhou, China, which was opened in March, 2009. Prior to this post, Mr. Nir also served in Beijing, Shanghai, Thailand, Nepal and Vietnam.
Tensions over Israel’s Gazan offensive should not give Turkey an alibi to shelve the three-year- old MedStream project for a crude oil and natural gas pipeline transiting Caspian Sea reserves via Turkish and Israeli ports to Asian markets.
