On November 13, 2023, Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on the Middle East Issue Zhai Jun visited Türkiye, during which he met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Hakan Fidan and the two sides had an exchange of views on the current situation between Palestine and Israel.

Zhai Jun said that in the face of the current crisis in Gaza, the international community should take immediate action. Zhai Jun highlighted the three pressing tasks. First, stop the fighting as soon as possible and prevent the situation from further deteriorating or even spiraling out of control; second, urge parties related to the conflict to strictly abide by international humanitarian law, do their utmost to protect civilians, and prevent a wider range of humanitarian disaster; third, the international community should redouble diplomatic efforts to bring the crisis back to the track of political settlement. Noting that Türkiye is a major influential country in the Middle East and a major Islamic country, he said China is willing to strengthen communication and coordination with Türkiye, and make joint efforts to promote a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian question.

Hakan Fidan said that the current Palestine-Israel conflict continues to escalate. Türkiye calls for an immediate ceasefire to stop the fighting and for humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip, and holds that only the two-state solution can fundamentally solve the Palestinian question. Türkiye attaches importance to China's role, and is willing to maintain close communication and coordination with China to jointly promote an early end to the conflict and achieve lasting peace in the region.

During the visit, Special Envoy Zhai Jun also met with Director General of Middle East Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Türkiye Can Dizdar, and the two sides had an exchange on the current situation between Palestine and Israel and bilateral relations.