Xinhua News Agency, Riyadh, December 9th (Reporter Ni Siyi and Wu Zhongmin) On the afternoon of December 9th local time, the first China-Arab States Summit was held at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.
The summit issued the "Riyadh Declaration of the First China-Arab Summit", announcing that China and the Arab states have agreed to make every effort to build a China-Arab community with a shared future for the new era.
President Xi Jinping, Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed of Saudi Arabia, President Sisi of Egypt, King Abdullah II of Jordan, King Hamad of Bahrain, Crown Prince Mishaal of Kuwait, President Saeed of Tunisia, President Guelleh of Djibouti, President Abdullah of Palestine Bass, Emir Tamim of Qatar, Comoros President Azali, Mauritanian President Ghazwani, Iraqi Prime Minister Soudani, Moroccan Prime Minister Akhnoush, Algerian Prime Minister Abdurrahman, Lebanese Prime Minister Mi Leaders of 21 Arab League countries, including Qati, and heads of international organizations including Secretary-General Gheit of the League of Arab States attended the summit.
At the meeting, Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech entitled "Promote the spirit of China-Arab friendship and join hands to build a China-Arab community with a shared future for the new era."
Xi Jinping pointed out that China and Arab countries have a long history of friendly exchanges. They knew each other along the ancient Silk Road, shared weal and woe in the struggle for national liberation, cooperated and achieved win-win results in the wave of economic globalization, and upheld morality in the changing international situation. , Tolerance and mutual learning” spirit of China-Arab friendship.
Helping each other is a distinctive feature of China-Arab friendship.
China and Arab states trust each other and firmly support each other on issues concerning each other's core interests. The strategic partnership is unbreakable.
Equality and mutual benefit are the inexhaustible driving force for China-Arab friendship.
China and Arab states are mutually beneficial and win-win, setting an example of South-South cooperation.
Tolerance and mutual learning is the value orientation of China-Arab friendship.
China and Arab states appreciate each other, learn from each other, jointly advocate dialogue among civilizations, and safeguard the diversity of world civilizations.
Xi Jinping emphasized that the world is currently entering a new period of turmoil and change, and new profound changes are taking place in the Middle East.
The Arab people's desire for peace and development is more urgent, and their call for fairness and justice is stronger.
As strategic partners, China and Arab states should inherit and carry forward the spirit of friendship between China and Arab states, strengthen solidarity and cooperation, and build a closer China-Arab community with a shared future, so as to better benefit the two peoples and promote the cause of human progress.
——We must uphold independence and safeguard common interests.
China supports Arab countries in independently exploring a development path that suits their own national conditions, and firmly holds the future and destiny in their own hands. China is willing to deepen strategic mutual trust with the Arab side and firmly support each other in safeguarding national sovereignty, territorial integrity and national dignity.
The two sides should adhere to the principle of non-interference in internal affairs, practice true multilateralism, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of developing countries.
——We must focus on economic development and promote win-win cooperation.
It is necessary to strengthen the docking of development strategies and jointly build the "Belt and Road" with high quality.
Consolidate traditional cooperation in economy and trade, energy, and infrastructure construction, strengthen new growth poles such as green and low-carbon, health care, and investment and finance, open up new fields such as aerospace, digital economy, and peaceful use of nuclear energy, and properly respond to food security, energy security, etc. major challenge.
China is willing to work with Afghanistan to implement global development initiatives and drive South-South cooperation to achieve sustainable development.
- We must maintain regional peace and achieve common security.
China supports the Arab side in using Arab wisdom to promote political settlement of hotspot and difficult issues, and to build a common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable Middle East security architecture.
China calls on the international community to respect the status of the Middle East as the master of the people and add positive energy to the security and stability of the Middle East.
China welcomes Afghanistan's participation in global security initiatives and is willing to continue to contribute Chinese wisdom to promoting peace and tranquility in the Middle East.
——We need to strengthen exchanges among civilizations and enhance understanding and trust.
It is necessary to expand personnel exchanges, deepen people-to-people and cultural cooperation, and carry out exchanges of experience in state governance and administration.
We must jointly oppose "Islamophobia", carry out de-radicalization cooperation, and oppose linking terrorism with specific ethnic groups and specific religions.
It is necessary to carry forward the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, and set an example of exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations in the new era.
Xi Jinping pointed out that as the first step in building a China-Arab community with a shared future and implementing the "China-Arab Comprehensive Cooperation Plan", in the next three to five years, China is willing to work with Afghanistan to support development, food security, health, green innovation, Promote the "eight major joint actions" in eight areas including energy security, dialogue among civilizations, youth development, security and stability, and strive for early harvest.
Xi Jinping stressed that the Palestine issue bears on peace and stability in the Middle East.
The historical injustice suffered by the Palestinian people cannot continue indefinitely, legitimate national rights cannot be traded, and the demand for an independent state cannot be vetoed.
The international community should firmly believe in the "two-state solution", stick to the principle of "land for peace", resolutely commit to promoting peace and talks, and promote an early and just settlement of the Palestinian issue.
China will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Pakistan and support Pakistan in implementing livelihood projects.
Finally, Xi Jinping pointed out that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clarified the tasks and paths for comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization.
China will persist in maintaining world peace, promoting common development, promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and providing new opportunities for countries including Arab countries with China's new development.
At the summit, both China and the Arab states agreed to make every effort to build a China-Arab community with a shared future for the new era, which is an epoch-making milestone in China-Arab relations.
China is willing to take this as a new starting point and work with Afghanistan to carry forward the spirit of China-Arab friendship, open up broader prospects for China-Arab cooperation, and create a more brilliant future for China-Arab relations!
On behalf of King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed welcomed the leaders of various countries to attend the first Arab-China summit and congratulated the summit on its complete success.
The leaders of the Afghan side attending the meeting actively responded to Xi Jinping's important speech and the "eight major joint actions" proposed.
They said that the friendly relations between Arab countries and China are based on mutual respect, equal cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win results.
The Arab side attaches great importance to China's great development achievements and the important role it has played in the international arena, highly appreciates China's proposal of the "Belt and Road", global development initiatives, and global security initiatives, and highly affirms China's important proposals to promote political solutions to regional hotspot issues , and has always supported the legitimate rights and interests of the Palestinian people and upheld fairness and justice internationally.
The current world is facing the danger of division and confrontation, and unilateralism and hegemony still exist. Deepening the Arab-China strategic partnership is conducive to better realizing fairness and justice, and maintaining world peace, prosperity and development.
It is the right time to hold the Arab-China Summit, which reflects the high level of Arab-Chinese relations and is also the continuation and development of the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum.
The Arab side hopes that through this summit, the friendship and mutual trust between Afghanistan and China will be further consolidated, comprehensively planning and strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields, building an Arab-Chinese community with a shared future for the new era, and elevating the Arab-Chinese strategic partnership to a new and higher level. To serve the common interests of Afghanistan and China and realize the common aspirations of the people of Afghanistan and China, it is believed that this summit will surely become an important milestone in the history of Arab-China relations.
The Afghan side adheres to independence, firmly abides by the one-China principle, is willing to continue to give China firm support on issues concerning China's core interests, and opposes any hostile actions against China.
The Arab side hopes to work with the Chinese side to implement the outcomes of the summit, promote the "eight major joint actions", continue to jointly build the "Belt and Road", strengthen communication and coordination on international and regional affairs, cooperate to address common challenges such as climate change, food security, and energy security, and strengthen People-to-people and cultural exchanges, promote dialogue among civilizations, and make positive contributions to the promotion of peace and common development of all mankind.
The summit issued the "Outline of the Comprehensive Cooperation Plan between the People's Republic of China and the Arab States" and the "Document on Deepening the Sino-Arab Strategic Partnership for Peace and Development".
Relevant Chinese departments have also signed and reached a number of cooperation documents with the Arab side, the Secretariat of the Arab League, and affiliated institutions of the GCC in the fields of joint construction of the "Belt and Road", energy, food, investment, green, security, and aerospace.
Ding Xuexiang, Wang Yi, He Lifeng and others attended the meeting.