Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for establishing a Palestinian state within the pre-1967-war borders.

The Palestinian problem “should not be marginalized,” Xi said to the Arab League.

“China supports the peaceful process in the Middle East [and] the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital being eastern Jerusalem,” he added through an interpreter.

The announcement comes as US President Donald Trump is adamen to make his country the first to have its embassy in Israel in the ancient city but divided city of Jerusalem.