Sr. officials' meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum concludes

BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry on Friday spoke positively of the tenth senior officials' meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum.

Foreign ministry staff from 21 Arab countries, senior officials of the secretariat of the League of Arab States and foreign diplomats in China participated in the meeting held in Beijing from May 29 to 30.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with the head of the delegations of Arab countries and the League of Arab States. Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhai Jun addressed the opening ceremony of the meeting, spokesman Hong Lei said at a regular press briefing.

Hong said the meeting reviewed the progress made by the forum since its fifth ministerial meeting in May 2012, reached consensus on the steps for creating an action plan for the forum from 2012 to 2014 and inked a document on the results of the meeting.

The meeting played a significant role in the construction of the forum and the promotion of China-Arab strategic cooperative relations, he added.

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