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Chinese President Arrives in Saudi Arabia on Official Visit

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed by Saudi officials upon his arrival in Riyadh. (SPA)

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday on an official visit at the invitation of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

He was welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Prince Faisal bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh Region; Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Yasir Othman Al-Rumayyan, Governor of the Public Investment Fund, who is also the accompanying Minister; Saudi Ambassador to the People's Republic of China Abdulrahman bin Ahmed Al-Harbi; and China’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Chen Weiqing.

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