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The Saudi Crown Prince, HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman, made a phone call to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, according to the official Saudi Press Agency, SPA.
SPA said that during the call, the importance of the strategic relations between Saudi Arabia and China was emphasized.
Kingdom’s appreciation for the Chinese initiative
The Crown Prince expressed the Kingdom’s appreciation for the Chinese initiative to support efforts to develop good neighborly relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
For his part, the Chinese president praised Saudi Arabia’s role in promoting the development of his country’s relations with the countries of the Cooperation Council and the Middle East region.
During the call, they reviewed aspects of the partnership between the Kingdom and China, and joint coordination efforts to enhance cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
Saudi Arabia and China have enjoyed relations that extend for nearly 8 decades. These relations were characterized by the acceleration of their pace with the passage of time, the escalation of challenges in the world, and the development of technologies, so that the two countries eventually find themselves facing a deep strategic partnership that is necessary for various fields.
Trade establishes bilateral relations
Given that China is one of the largest industrial countries exporting consumer goods, Saudi Arabia is an important importer of such commodities, and China needs exceptional quantities of crude oil, Saudi Arabia meets a large part of these growing needs. This equation has always played a role in making trade relations between the two countries a starting point. essential for the next.
Based on history, despite the short life of diplomatic relations between the two countries, trade cooperation played an important role in establishing people-to-people ties between the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and China, before the turn came on the economic and cultural aspects that proceeded steadily between the two countries to culminate in full diplomatic relations between Riyadh and Beijing. In the summer of 1990.
