Envoy: No letup in aid to Syrian people

China will "further provide necessary humanitarian aid in accordance with the developing situation in Syria", as this is no time for the world to give up hope for settling the crisis, Special Envoy on Middle East Affairs Gong Xiaosheng said.

Gong made the remarks in an interview with China Daily after attending the third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria, which was held in Kuwait.

A veteran diplomat who once served in Palestine, Jordan and Turkey, Gong assumed his current post in September. He defines the current situation in the four-year Syrian crisis as "dire", with its millions of refugees.