U.N.-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will visit China this week, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said that China appreciated Brahimi’s mediation efforts in the Syrian crisis. “We have consistently expressed our appreciation and support for Special Representative Brahimi and have proactively proposed that relevant parties in Syria respond to Brahimi’s proposals for a ceasefire in Syria during the Eid al-Adha holiday period,” Hong said.