Silk Road should be focus of Sino-Arabian relations, analysts say

Officials and analysts said China and Arab countries should focus on the new Silk Roads when they meet on Thursday to map out a 10-year cooperation plan.

Foreign ministers and representatives of China and 19 Arab countries, as well as the secretary-general of the League of Arab States, will gather in Beijing on Thursday for the sixth China-Arab States Cooperation Forum.

President Xi Jinping will attend the opening ceremony and deliver a speech.