Chinese President Xi Jinping has said on the occasion of his meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that the two leaders will start a new ‘strategic partnership’.
According to the report of ‘AFP’, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Beijing on a visit to China following almost two decades, where he sought financial support from his long-time ally to help rebuild his devastated country.
The Syrian president will also attend the opening ceremony of the Asian Games in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou in this visit, while Xi Jinping and Bashar al-Assad met today in the eastern city of China.
According to China’s official broadcasting agency, President Xi Jinping told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that “Today we will jointly announce the establishment of China-Syria strategic partnership, which will be an important milestone in the history of bilateral relations.”
The Chinese President said that facing the international situation of instability and uncertainty, China will continue to work together with Syria to support each other’s strength, promote friendly cooperation and jointly defend international justice. is ready.
He said that the relations between the two countries have stood the test of international changes and the friendship between the two countries has also been getting stronger with time.
China is among countries outside the Middle East that Bashar al-Assad has visited for the first time since the start of a civil war in 2011 that has killed more than 500,000 people, displaced millions and damaged Syria’s infrastructure and infrastructure. The industry suffered.
China’s foreign ministry said his visit would take relations to a new level.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said in a regular briefing that the friendship between China and Syria is traditional and deep.
He said that we believe that the visit of President Bashar al-Assad will deepen mutual political trust and cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
It should be noted that this is Bashar al-Assad’s first visit to China since 2004.
This year, China played a mediating role in restoring ties between long-time regional rival Saudi Arabia and Syria’s ally Iran, following which the two countries agreed to reopen their embassies.
The detention was followed by Syria’s return to the Arab world at a summit in Saudi Arabia in May, ending more than a decade of regional isolation.
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2024-07-22 01:49:58
