Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in Beijing on July 10, 2018 (XINHUA)

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum on July 10 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Xi announced that China and Arab countries had agreed to establish a "future-oriented strategic partnership of comprehensive cooperation and common development."

(Xinhua News Agency July 10, 2018)