Arab countries and China will enhance cooperation in various
fields based on the achievements of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum
(SACF), Assistant Secretary General for political affairs of the
Arab League Ahmad Ben Hely said Wednesday.
Addressing the opening session of the fourth meeting at the
level of senior officials of the SACF on Wednesday morning, Ben
Hely said Arab countries and China have made great progress in
bilateral exchange in various fields since the establishment of the
forum in 2004.
Based on previous achievements, Ben Hely said that the future
would see further improvement in the fields of energy investment,
human resources development, cultural exchange, environmental
protection and education.
The two-day meeting intends to evaluate previous mutual exchange
road-maps and to set the terrain for the third ministerial
conference to be held in Bahrain next year. International issues
such as the crumbled Middle-East peace process will also be
discussed.
Song Aiguo, Director General of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s
West Asian and North African Department, said the forum had been a
wonderful platform upon which relations and cooperation between
China and Arab countries had blossomed after three years of
efforts.
Song also said that in the coming stage of bilateral
cooperation, the forum will focus on new avenues for cooperation
such as the hosting of more public activities to strengthen
relations.
During the meeting, Chinese ambassador to Egypt Wu Sike echoed
this thought, praising the momentum of cooperation between China
and Arab countries in both political and economic spheres.
A final document will be released at the end of the meeting on
Thursday.
(Xinhua News Agency July 5, 2007)
