China’s Xi calls for more robust, dynamic ties with Arab world

  • China's President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed AI Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • China's President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed AI Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 14, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)
  • China's President Xi Jinping and Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed AI Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, attend a meeting at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing April 14, 2026. (Photo: Reuters)

BEIJING, April 14 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday ​called for a more robust ‌and dynamic partnership between China and the Arab world ​as the world undergoes ​unprecedented changes.

Greater coordination and ⁠cooperation are needed as ​human society faces the choices ​of peace and war, as well as unity and confrontation, Xi ​told the visiting ​crown prince of Abu Dhabi, according ‌to ⁠a media pool report.

The visit by Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al ​Nahyan ​comes at ⁠a time of acute tension in ​the Gulf after weekend ​talks ⁠between Washington and Tehran failed to reach a ⁠deal ​to end the ​weeks-long war in Iran.