TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chinese President Xi Jinping met with King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia at Riyadh's al-Yamamah Palace and said that he was glad to visit Saudi Arabia again after six years.

Xi also expressed his pleasure to see China-Saudi Arabia relations being translated into concrete cooperation. Xi further said that China sees Saudi Arabia as an important partner in developing comprehensive strategic partnerships.

Xi explained that China is ready to further strengthen strategic communication and deepen cooperation across the board with Saudi Arabia to deliver for the development interests of the two countries.

In response to Xi's statements, King Salman extended his warm welcome and thanked Xi for visiting Saudi Arabia again. The King added that Xi's successful visit to Saudi Arabia in 2016 was truly memorable.

King Salman said that China and Saudi Arabia have made excellent progress in conducting bilateral cooperation in various fields in recent years. The King added that both countries have reached important common understandings on many issues and that China's interests match Saudi Arabia's interests as well.

King Salman noted that he highly values relations with China and is ready to work with Xi to advance Saudi Arabia's comprehensive strategic partnership with China and deliver more benefits to both peoples by sharing friendly relations.

The two heads of state co-signed in person the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and agreed to take turns hosting biennial meetings between the heads of state of the two countries.

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