RIYAD, June 14 (Xinhua) – Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary General Yousef Al-Othaimeen on Sunday thanked China for providing assistance and support to Islamic countries, especially those that are the least developed, in the fight against COVID-19.
The OIC Secretariat has maintained good communication and close coordination with China in recent years, Al-Othaimeen said when Chen Weiqing, China’s representative to the OIC, handed him his letter of credentials. .
Mr. Al-Othaimeen praised China’s appointment of a representative to the OIC, stressing that it will promote the development of their relationship.
In recent years, mutual political trust and cultural exchanges between Islamic countries and China have intensified. After the outbreak of the pandemic, Islamic countries and China joined forces to fight the pandemic and conducted good cooperation in research and development of vaccines, said Chen, who is also Chinese ambassador to Arabia. Arabia.
China is willing to seize this appointment as an opportunity to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the OIC and its member states, in order to bring their relations to a new level, he added. End
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