During their meeting at Al-Yamamah Palace, Han conveyed Chinese President Xi Jinping’s cordial greetings to King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the crown prince.
Noting that Saudi Arabia is China’s comprehensive strategic partner, Han said China has always placed Saudi Arabia in an important position in its diplomacy.
Since the establishment of diplomatic relations 35 years ago, and especially since Xi’s successful visit to Saudi Arabia in 2022, China-Saudi Arabia relations have made new positive progress, he said.
The fourth plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee, held last week, reviewed and approved recommendations for formulating the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, sending a clear signal for China to further advance comprehensive reforms and expand high-level opening up, the vice president added.
China, he said, will make greater contributions to world development through new achievements in Chinese modernization, which will provide valuable opportunities for the future development of China-Saudi Arabia relations.
China stands ready to work with Saudi Arabia to implement the important consensus reached by their leaders, enhance high-level exchanges, continuously support each other on issues concerning their respective core interests, expand practical cooperation in various fields, and increase people-to-people and cultural exchanges, in order to lift the China-Saudi Arabia comprehensive strategic partnership to higher levels, he said.
China, he added, is also willing to strengthen cooperation with Saudi Arabia in multilateral affairs, enhance coordination on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations and the G20, advance global governance in a more just and reasonable direction, and promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
The crown prince, for his part, asked Han to convey his best wishes to President Xi.
Noting that China is an important major country in the world, he said that Saudi Arabia and China are good friends and partners, their political relations are solid and at the highest level in history, and Saudi Arabia firmly adheres to the one-China policy.
Saudi Arabia-China cooperation is based on mutual benefit, he said, adding that the Saudi side is willing to deepen cooperation with China in areas such as economy and trade, investment, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and mining, to achieve common development.
Saudi Arabia, he said, shares similar positions with China on regional and international issues, highly appreciates China’s efforts to facilitate reconciliation between Saudi Arabia and Iran, and values its fair stance on the Palestinian issue. He also expressed hope that China will play a greater role in maintaining regional peace and stability.
