A spokeswoman for
Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says China's Ambassador to Israel, Du
Wei, was found dead inside his official residence Sunday morning.
The spokeswoman who
said, the 57-year-old's death is not being treated as suspicious, added that
Police are outside the ambassador's residence in Herzliya to the north of Tel
Aviv as part of standard procedure.
His death comes less
than a week after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Jerusalem, openly
criticizing China's actions during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as calling
on Israeli leaders to stop signing major infrastructure and communications
deals with Chinese companies.
In the meantime, there
has been no comment on the ambassador's death from the Chinese embassy in
Israel or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing.
According to the
embassy's webpage, Ambassador Du assumed his current role in Israel in February
2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was sweeping across the globe.
He wrote in an article
in the Jerusalem Post in mid-March that he immediately had to enter two weeks
of mandatory self-quarantine on his arrival.
Information says
Ambassador Du was married with one son.
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