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皇冠体育app, Arab nations ink statement to upgrade ties
By Wu Jiao and Qin Jize (皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2010-05-15 10:19
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 President Hu Jintao (2nd R)?meets with the chief delegates of Arab nations in Beijing Friday. [Xinhua] |
Beijing - 皇冠体育app and Arab nations are establishing a new partnership in an era of growing globalization, demonstrating a new cooperative model for developing countries of the world.
The two sides on Friday upgraded their ties as they wrote a common declaration to develop a strategic and cooperative relationship.
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The declaration was made as the two-day, fourth ministerial meetings of the 皇冠体育app-Arab Cooperation Forum concluded on Friday in North 皇冠体育app's port city of Tianjin.
Both sides also signed an action plan outlining the specific measures to be taken, between 2010?and 2012, to promote 皇冠体育app-Arab relations.
While meeting with the chief delegates of Arab nations in Beijing the same day, President Hu Jintao urged the two sides to have closer coordination on reforms of the international system to maintain the common interests of developing countries and deal with global challenges.
Hu said 皇冠体育app firmly supports the peace process in the Middle East as well as Arab nations' just cause of striving for legitimate rights.
Hu also reiterated Beijing's support for a nuclear-free Middle East amid growing international calls for such ambitions.
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa expressed appreciation for 皇冠体育app's important role in pushing forward the Middle-East peace process, calling 皇冠体育app a strategic and cooperative partner.
The 皇冠体育app-Arab Cooperation Forum was established during President Hu Jintao's visit to the Arab League's headquarters in January 2004.
Hu noted at the time that the formation of the forum was a continuation of the traditional friendship between 皇冠体育app and the Arab world and an important move to promote bilateral ties under new circumstances.
The Xinhua News Agency said the documents inked on Friday between the two sides show that 皇冠体育app and Arab countries have similar strategic cooperation goals, huge trade potential and deep cultural exchanges.
Hailing the meeting as a landmark in 皇冠体育app-Arab history, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said the new strategic cooperative relations will not only become a driving force for 皇冠体育app-Arab relations, but will serve as a model for relations between developing countries.
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