Kuwait has a strategic vision of development and we seek to strengthen cooperation with it

China seeks to promote "effective" cooperation with Kuwait in various areas of the economy and development, said Sunday a Chinese official.

Wang Di, director general of China's Foreign Affairs Department for West Asia and North Africa, made the remarks during a series of separate talks by Chinese officials. with a delegation of Arab media visiting China.

He described Kuwait as having a strategic vision of development to strengthen its role in the financial and trade areas of the region, stressing the importance of GCC countries that have an economic vision, including Kuwait.

He also stressed that his country was seeking to strengthen understanding with Arab countries in order to establish relations aimed at obtaining mutual benefit and benefit between all parties, at different levels of the economy, the media, politics and culture.

He pointed out that China has projects in various Arab countries, such as infrastructure, while seeking to cooperate in the areas of smart cities and essential drugs, as well as technological and digital infrastructure, pointing out that China has advanced the technology and progress in these areas.

He added that the second session of the Forum on Arab-Chinese Cooperation for Reform and Development, to be held in Shanghai in the middle of next month, will be a big step forward towards cooperation, as will the second session of the International Road and Belt Forum, to be held at the end of April.

Li Xingwen, China's ambassador to the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum, announced that the results of the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum, announced in 2004, showed a trade volume of $ 244 billion, up $ 30 billion.

He stressed the high level of relations not only on the trade side, but also on the educational side, where the number of Arab students studying in China reached 20,000 Arab students in various scientific disciplines, in addition to increasing the investments, infrastructure and cooperation in various economic fields.

He added that the Arab-Chinese Forum has set up 15 mechanisms for cooperation between the two parties, adding that the forum aimed to strengthen trust between the two sides and the desire for cultural and cultural rapprochement and to promote a lasting partnership. closer relationships to achieve development strategies.

He underlined the depth of relations between China and Kuwait over long decades of effective partnership between the two parties, especially since Kuwait is the first Arab country to have signed the "Belts" initiative. and Roads "launched in 2014, in addition to cooperation and coordination to facilitate the implementation of major strategic projects. Better.

Gong Xiaosheng, Special Envoy of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Middle East, said that the "Belt and Road" initiative was not only about the economic or commercial side, but also extended its influence to promote the peace and stability in the Arab region. At the expense of another party.

He stressed that China still aspired to the stability of the Arab region and peace through dialogue and peaceful initiatives in favor of the Arab peoples, while wishing that the crises in the Middle East put an end to the process of cooperation in the Middle East. various economic, commercial, political and cultural domains.

Chinese diplomats agreed that Beijing wanted to establish deep relations with the Arab countries on the basis of mutual benefits, economic integration and opportunities for economic partnership at all levels through the l & # 39; "Belt and Road" initiative, as well as cooperation between the two sides in the Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum.

They stressed that Sino-Arab relations have developed since the establishment of a bilateral cooperation forum in 2004, in addition to Arab countries welcoming the initiative "Belt and Road "launched by China about five years ago.

They pointed out that the volume of trade with the Arab region has increased from $ 30 billion in 2004 to about $ 244 billion in 2018 because of the development of relations in various fields in recent years.

The visit of the Arab media delegation, which includes several news agencies and Arab press and television institutions, is part of a training program aimed at familiarizing Chinese culture with its various aspects. economic, technical and political aspects of the Sino-Arab Media Exchange Project.

He announced the establishment of the Sino-Arab Press Center at the eighth session of the ministerial meeting of the Forum on Arab-Chinese Cooperation, held in Beijing last year, with the aim of strengthening concrete cooperation between the two countries. Chinese and Arab media.