Xi calls for efforts to boost Sino-Arab ties

China hopes to explore more ways to enhance development of the strategic partnership with Arab states, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

He made the remark in a congratulatory letter to the Fourth China-Arab States Expo, which opened on Thursday in Yinchuan, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.

Xi said the expo will offer a beneficial platform for the two sides to deepen pragmatic cooperation and push forward high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative.