Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was given a grand welcome by China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday to mark the beginning of the monarch’s three-day visit to the Asian country. The high-profile visit is likely to be yet another game changer in Saudi-China relationship…
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman was given a grand welcome by China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday to mark the beginning of the monarch’s three-day visit to the Asian country. The high-profile visit is likely to be yet another game changer in Saudi-China relationship after Xi made a historic visit to the Middle Eastern kingdom last year.
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The 81 years old Monarch arrived in Beijing on Wednesday with a huge entourage of 1,000 officials, after concluding his visit to Japan, Malaysia, and Indonesia as a part of his month-long Asia tour. King Salman’s visit to these countries is mostly motivated by economic factor as all these countries are among the fastest growing importers of Saudi oil.
Xi welcomed the monarch and his entourage at the historic Great Hall of the People with a message that the king’s maiden visit showed the importance he attaches to relations with mainland China.
« This visit will push forward and continue to improve the quality of our relations and bear new fruit, » Xi told reporters.
