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Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia to a great welcome.



It is a different atmosphere from when US President Biden returned without much success five months ago, but Kim Ji-sung, a correspondent in Beijing, analyzed the strategic interests between China and Saudi Arabia.



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As Chinese President Xi Jinping's private jet enters Saudi Arabian airspace, Saudi fighters escort it.



Welcome salutes are heard and impromptu aerobatics are performed.



When US President Biden visited in July, only the governor and the ambassador to the United States were greeted at the airport, but this time even the royal princes came out.



Xi, who has visited Saudi Arabia for the first time in six years, will stay until the day after tomorrow (the 10th) to meet the King of Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince bin Salman, the influential person, and also attend the first China-Arab summit.



[Maoning/Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson: This is the largest and highest-level diplomatic activity for the Arab world since the founding of the People's Republic of China.]



Saudi Arabia, a representative pro-US country in the Middle East, has distanced itself from the United States since the inauguration of President Biden, who values ​​human rights. .



When Crown Prince bin Salman was pointed out as behind the assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Khashoggi in 2018, President Biden even said, "I will make Saudi Arabia an international outcast."



This is why President Biden returned empty-handed after visiting Saudi Arabia five months ago to persuade him to increase oil production.



Taking advantage of this gap, China is trying to target Saudi Arabia, but China is aiming to secure a stable crude oil supply chain and strengthen its influence in the Middle East.



It is an interpretation that Middle Eastern countries, which have experienced the wind of democratization in the Middle East, are also trying to balance power in the region by attracting China, which does not interfere in human rights issues and internal affairs.



(Video coverage: Choi Deok-hyun, video editing: Jung Sung-hoon, CG: Seo Seung-hyun)