Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Syrian President Assad during the Hangzhou Asian Games and announced the establishment of a China Syrian strategic partnership.
According to CCTV news, Xi Jinping met with Syrian President Assad, Syrian President Assad, who went to China to attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games at the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games in the afternoon of Friday (September 22).
Xi Jinping welcomed Assad to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, and wished the Syrian athletes achieve excellent results in the Asian Games.
Xi Jinping said that in the past 67 years of establishment of diplomatic relations, China Syrian relations have undergone the test of international situations, and the friendship between the two countries has been strong for a long time.
He said that today we will jointly announce the establishment of a China Syrian strategic partnership, which will become an important milestone in the history of the relationship between the two countries.Faced with the international situation full of instability and uncertainty, China is willing to continue to work with Syria, firmly support each other, promote friendly cooperation, and jointly defend international fairness and justice.
Assad should be invited by Xi Jinping to arrive in Hangzhou on Thursday (September 21), and began a state visit to China.This is the second visit to China in the past 20 years.
Assad's last visit to China was in 2004. At that time, he met with the then Chinese President Hu Jintao. It was also the first time that the two heads of Syria visited China since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 1956.
According to Agence France -Presse earlier reports, the focus of Assad's trip is expected to persuade China to assist the recovery of Syrian economic recovery.It is reported that China has promised to invest 2 billion US dollars (S $ 2.7 billion) in Syria in 2017, but these funds are "not fulfilled."
