Xi Jinping holds ceremony to welcome Palestinian President to visit Great Hall of the People | China | Xi Jinping
CCTV News: President Xi Jinping held a ceremony in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People on the afternoon of the 14th to welcome Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a state visit to my country.
21 salutes were fired on Tiananmen Square.
Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Working Committee, and State Councilor Qin Gang attended the welcome ceremony.
Accompanying Abbas on his visit to China were Vice Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs, and members of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The military band played the national anthems of Pakistan and China.
Accompanied by Xi Jinping, Abbas inspected the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
The two heads of state returned to the reviewing stand to watch the parade of the honor guard.
Abbas is paying a state visit to China at the invitation of Xi Jinping.