BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s Vice President Han Zheng met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Wednesday, China’s foreign ministry said.
China is willing to work with Saudi Arabia to enhance high-level exchanges and support each other on issues of core interest, the ministry quoted Han as saying in a statement.
Riyadh’s concerns over a flood of cheap Chinese imports undermining efforts to transition beyond oil to industrial manufacturing have held up talks between China and the Gulf states over a free trade agreement since 2024.
(Reporting by Yukun Zhang and Joe Cash; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
