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China is ready to intensify cooperation with Arab states in the field of manned space flights, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday (30 May).
The opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum was held in Beijing on Thursday.
“China is ready to strengthen cooperation with Arab countries in the field of manned space flights and civil airliners,” the Chinese leader said in a speech at the opening ceremony.
Xi said China is ready, jointly with Arab states, to build a joint space debris monitoring center, as well as the Beidou (Chinese satellite navigation system) development and cooperation center.
The second China-Arab summit will be held in China in 2026. The first summit between China and Arab states was held in December 2022 in the capital of Saudi Arabia.
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