First Observation·Scene | President Xi Jinping and Arab friends reunite in Beijing
This is another gathering between China and Arab friends——
On the morning of May 30, 2024, the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum was held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. President Xi Jinping attended the opening ceremony and delivered a keynote speech titled "Deepening Cooperation, Carrying on the Past and Forging into the Future, and Accelerating the Construction of a China-UAE Community with a Shared Future."
King Hamad of Bahrain, President Sisi of Egypt, President Said of Tunisia, President Mohammed of the United Arab Emirates and other four Arab heads of state, Secretary-General of the Arab League Gheit, 22 heads of Arab delegations, and people from all walks of life in China and Arab countries, etc. , jointly attended this important event.
This is the third time President Xi Jinping has attended the opening ceremony of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum Ministerial Conference, and the fifth time he has made an important policy announcement to the Arab world. This ministerial meeting is the first forum ministerial meeting held after the first China-Arab States Summit in 2022. It coincides with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum, which is of great significance in inheriting the past and ushering in the future.
Reviewing the development history of China-Arab relations, explaining the exemplary significance of China-Arab relations for peaceful development, mutual learning among civilizations, and global governance, announcing that the second China-Arab Summit will be held in China in 2026, and proposing that China is willing to build "five major cooperation patterns" with Afghanistan. … President Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the opening ceremony was unanimously welcomed and supported by all parties present.
An Arabic proverb says that friends are the sunshine of life. The friendship between China and Arab countries originated from the friendly exchanges on the ancient Silk Road, the side-by-side fight for national liberation, and the win-win cooperation in the process of national construction. In recent years, it has achieved leapfrog development and entered the best period in history. Why is China-Arab relations so important? Why are China and Arab countries getting closer? What is the great and far-reaching global significance of building a China-Arab community with a shared future?
For more information, let’s take a look at the reporter’s “first observation” from the scene.
Photography: Huang Jingwen, Ding Haitao, Yin Bogu, Zhai Jianlan
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