Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was in the United Arab Emirates on March 27, as the latest stop in his ongoing tour of Southwest Asia. Xinhua reported that Wang, in an interview with the official news agency WAM, praised the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and the U.A.E. according and highlighted the importance of continued cooperation around the Belt and Road Initiative.
Wang said that China supports the U.A.E.’s independence in choosing its own development path and opposes foreign interference in the U.A.E. internal affairs, and he further said that “The two sides always seize the opportunity to explore cooperation in almost every area, such as fighting the COVID-19, vaccines, energy, trade, investment, infrastructure, and high technologies including 5G, big data, and artificial intelligence (AI),” according to Xinhua. “Wang expressed the hope that the China-U.A.E. cooperation will be furthered through pushing forward the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with high-quality landmark projects such as the China-U.A.E. Industrial Capacity Cooperation Demonstration Zone and the Hassyan clean coal power plant, consolidating cooperation in the fields of fossil fuel, new and renewable energies, and nuclear energy, exploring potentials of both markets, and optimizing the bilateral trade.”
