Xi to address foreign ministers of Arab states

President Xi Jinping will address the opening ceremony of the eighth ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum on Tuesday, bringing China-Arab cooperation to a new stage, Chinese experts said.

The meeting, to be held in Beijing, will be attended by nearly 20 foreign ministers from Arab states as well as Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

"China-Arab cooperation is an important part of developing countries' efforts to safeguard multilateralism amid a rising trend of unilateralism," said Dong Manyuan, vice-president of the China Institute of International Studies.