Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia for Chinese leader Xi’s visit
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Gulf Arab leaders and other individuals in the Mideast met on Friday in Saudi Arabia as component of a point out pay a visit to by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in search of to business up their relations with Beijing as decades of U.S. consideration on the location wanes.
Talking to reps of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Xi described the Gulf Arab states and China as all-natural companions for cooperation just after meeting with other regional leaders as component of his excursion to Riyadh.
Prior to the meeting with Xi, associates of the Gulf Cooperation Council achieved in a summit helmed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, even further signaling his handle of a kingdom even now overseen by his father, the 86-12 months-previous King Salman.
Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, whose nation now hosts the FIFA Environment Cup and has largely restored ties to its Arab neighbors right after a yearslong boycott, was also at the summit. Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, whose island country still has strained relations with Qatar, also attended.
Prince Mohammed designed a position in his opening remarks, aired on state television, to applaud Qatar for its internet hosting of the Planet Cup. He also could be viewed warmly greeting Sheikh Tamim right before the meeting, a thing unthinkable only two yrs before amid the boycott.
Xi’s pay a visit to will come as China relies on the Gulf Arab states, specially Saudi Arabia, for billions of dollars in crude oil imports to energy his country’s financial system. Whilst the United States however maintains bases throughout the location and stations tens of countless numbers of troops, Gulf Arab nations experience Washington’s interest has shifted elsewhere soon after the conclude of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Prince Mohammed touched on individuals electricity ties in his remarks as benchmark Brent crude trades all around $76 a barrel — down from highs of $122 in June. Those people charges gasoline the prince’s designs for a $500 billion futuristic city of Neom on the Crimson Sea and programs to overhaul the Saudi economy.
“The kingdom believes that hydrocarbon vitality resources will stay an vital useful resource to meet up with the desires of the globe for the coming decades,” Prince Mohammed claimed. “We are aware of the great importance of sustainable progress and preserving the atmosphere.”
The GCC contains Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The chief of the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, did not show up at, in its place sending the ruler of the emirate of Fujairah, Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi. Kuwait’s crown prince and a agent of Oman’s sultan also attended.
They also want to maintain relations with China even as U.S. officers believe they confront a rising threat from China in Asia and Russia as Moscow wages its monthslong war on Ukraine.
During Xi’s go to, Saudi officials stated promotions were being signed amongst Riyadh and Beijing, together with some involving Chinese technology company Huawei on cloud-computing, data centers and other higher-tech ventures. The U.S. has already has warned its Gulf Arab allies about functioning with Huawei about spying issues.
Xi and King Salman also agreed to hold conferences in between the two countries’ leaders each and every two many years, the state-run Xinhua news agency described.
The company noted that Xi met Thursday with Sudanese navy chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. The normal was part of a offer struck on Monday in Sudan to build a civilian-led transitional government pursuing the armed forces takeover there past yr. Even so, no timeline has been established and the offer sparked renewed protests Thursday in Sudan.
Also on Thursday in Riyadh, Xi separately achieved with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
On Friday, Xi held one-on-one conferences with Tunisian President Kais Saied, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Sheikh Tamim of Qatar.
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Follow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Gulf Arab leaders and other individuals in the Mideast met on Friday in Saudi Arabia as component of a point out pay a visit to by Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in search of to business up their relations with Beijing as decades of U.S. consideration on the location wanes.
Talking to reps of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Xi described the Gulf Arab states and China as all-natural companions for cooperation just after meeting with other regional leaders as component of his excursion to Riyadh.
Prior to the meeting with Xi, associates of the Gulf Cooperation Council achieved in a summit helmed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, even further signaling his handle of a kingdom even now overseen by his father, the 86-12 months-previous King Salman.
Qatar’s ruling emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, whose nation now hosts the FIFA Environment Cup and has largely restored ties to its Arab neighbors right after a yearslong boycott, was also at the summit. Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, whose island country still has strained relations with Qatar, also attended.
Prince Mohammed designed a position in his opening remarks, aired on state television, to applaud Qatar for its internet hosting of the Planet Cup. He also could be viewed warmly greeting Sheikh Tamim right before the meeting, a thing unthinkable only two yrs before amid the boycott.
Xi’s pay a visit to will come as China relies on the Gulf Arab states, specially Saudi Arabia, for billions of dollars in crude oil imports to energy his country’s financial system. Whilst the United States however maintains bases throughout the location and stations tens of countless numbers of troops, Gulf Arab nations experience Washington’s interest has shifted elsewhere soon after the conclude of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Prince Mohammed touched on individuals electricity ties in his remarks as benchmark Brent crude trades all around $76 a barrel — down from highs of $122 in June. Those people charges gasoline the prince’s designs for a $500 billion futuristic city of Neom on the Crimson Sea and programs to overhaul the Saudi economy.
“The kingdom believes that hydrocarbon vitality resources will stay an vital useful resource to meet up with the desires of the globe for the coming decades,” Prince Mohammed claimed. “We are aware of the great importance of sustainable progress and preserving the atmosphere.”
The GCC contains Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The chief of the Emirates, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, did not show up at, in its place sending the ruler of the emirate of Fujairah, Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi. Kuwait’s crown prince and a agent of Oman’s sultan also attended.
They also want to maintain relations with China even as U.S. officers believe they confront a rising threat from China in Asia and Russia as Moscow wages its monthslong war on Ukraine.
During Xi’s go to, Saudi officials stated promotions were being signed amongst Riyadh and Beijing, together with some involving Chinese technology company Huawei on cloud-computing, data centers and other higher-tech ventures. The U.S. has already has warned its Gulf Arab allies about functioning with Huawei about spying issues.
Xi and King Salman also agreed to hold conferences in between the two countries’ leaders each and every two many years, the state-run Xinhua news agency described.
The company noted that Xi met Thursday with Sudanese navy chief Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan. The normal was part of a offer struck on Monday in Sudan to build a civilian-led transitional government pursuing the armed forces takeover there past yr. Even so, no timeline has been established and the offer sparked renewed protests Thursday in Sudan.
Also on Thursday in Riyadh, Xi separately achieved with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
On Friday, Xi held one-on-one conferences with Tunisian President Kais Saied, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani and Sheikh Tamim of Qatar.
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Follow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP.
