Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China Wen Jiabao, received here today Prince Saud Al-Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is currently visiting Beijing to participate in the 4th Ministerial Meeting of Sino-Arab Cooperation Forum to be held in the Chinese city of Tian Jin on Thursday and Friday. During the reception, they discussed bilateral relations between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Republic of China, and ways of enhancing cooperation between the two countries in particular and China and other Arab countries in general. On the occasion, Premier of the Chinese State Council said that "The Chinese leadership values the constructive positions of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia toward issues of interest to China, while supporting the efforts of the Kingdom and its leadership role in the region as an important country in the Arab and Islamic world."
