Gulf trip will bolster collaboration, cooperation

At the invitation of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman and the UAE's Vice-President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Premier Li Qiang will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates from Tuesday to Friday. In Saudi Arabia, he will chair the Fourth Meeting of the High-Level Chinese-Saudi Joint Committee.

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and China are all major emerging market economies upholding their strategic autonomy and supporting multilateralism in global governance and free trade.

Premier Li's visit is conducive to deepening China's win-win cooperation with the Gulf countries, and strengthening their strategic coordination, under various bilateral and multilateral frameworks, for proper resolutions of the Gaza conflict and the Ukraine crisis at an early date.