Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao (R) meets with Tawfiq Al-Tirawi, a visiting member of Palestine's Central Committee of the Fatah movement in Beijing, capital of China, May 25, 2017. (Xinhua/Wang Ye)

BEIJING, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Vice President Li Yuanchao on Thursday reaffirmed that China supports a comprehensive, just, and long-lasting solution of the Palestinian issue at an early date.

While meeting with Tawfiq Al-Tirawi, a visiting member of the Central Committee of the Fatah movement, Li noted that the Communist Party of China (CPC) is willing to deepen party-to-party exchanges with Fatah for wider cooperation between China and Palestine.

Thanking China for its support for the just cause of the Palestinian people, Tawfiq Al-Tirawi said the country places great importance on developing relations with China as well as the CPC, and is willing to strengthen cooperation in various areas.