Work Together for a Bright Future of China-Arab Relations
Speech by H.E. Xi Jinping
President of the People’s Republic of China
At the Arab League Headquarters
Cairo, 21 January 2016
Your Excellency Nabil el-Araby, Secretary-General of the Arab League,
Your Excellency Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister of Egypt,
Distinguished Ministers,
Your Excellencies Diplomatic Envoys of Arab States,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Friends,
It gives me great pleasure to meet with Arab friends. This is my
first visit to the Arab world as Chinese President. First of all, on
behalf of the Chinese government and people and in my own name, I wish
to pay high tribute and extend best wishes to the Arab states and
people.
An ancient Chinese philosopher said, “Visit those who you feel close
to even without meeting them before, and invite those you cannot forget
long after your paths crossed.” Coming to the Arab world, my colleagues
and I all feel a sense of affinity. This is because in their exchanges
across time and space, the Chinese and Arab peoples have been sincere
with each other, forging friendship along the ancient Silk Road, sharing
weal and woe in the fight for national independence, and helping each
other in building their own countries. Such trust is unbreakable and
cannot be bought with money.
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