RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- A member in Fatah central committee, Nabil Shaath, called on China to take action against Israeli settlement plans announced after Palestine's admission in the UN.

Shaath met the Chinese ambassador, Liu Aizhong, in Ramallah on Wednesday, en emailed statement from Shaath's office said.

The Fatah leader praised China's stance on last month's UN resolution upgrading Palestine to the status of non-member in the world body.

Aizhong congratulated the Palestinian people and stressed that China would continue to support them, the statement said.