Ministers from Arab and Islamic countries will visit China on Monday on the first stop of a tour aimed at ending the war in Gaza, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said.

The tour will be the first step in carrying out decisions reached at a joint Arab and Islamic summit held in Riyadh this month, Prince Faisal said that on the sidelines of a conference in Bahrain in comments posted by his ministry on the social media platform X *formerly Twitter) on Friday.

“The first stop will be in China, then we will move to other capitals to convey a clear message that a ceasefire must be announced immediately, and let in aid,” the minister said.

“We have to work on ending this crisis and the war on Gaza as soon as possible.”