President Abdel Fattah El Sisi voiced his confidence that the Arab-Chinese summit would give impetus to Arab-Chinese cooperation in all forms. Delivering a speech during the summit in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, Sisi asserted that Egypt fully supports mechanisms of Arab-Chinese cooperation, inviting the Arab leaders and the Chinese president to Egypt to become the next host of the coming Arab-Chinese summit. He called on considering this summit as a new launchpad for economic cooperation between the Arab world and China, given that China is the biggest trade partner of a large number of Arab countries. The areas of Arab-Chinese cooperation are not limited to the economic and development aspects, but also covers the political and cultural ones, the president said, citing the Chinese moderate stances toward various Arab issues, mainly the Palestinian cause. In his speech, Sisi shed light on crises in Yemen, Syria, and Libya as well as combating terrorism in all its forms, warning of the dangers of the Arab water security.
