Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing says China will work
to strengthen all-round cooperation with the Gulf Cooperation
Council.
Reports say China's top diplomat has discussed the issue of high
oil prices with GCC officials.
GCC Secretary-General Abdul-rahman Al-attiyah says the
oil-producing member states are ready to supply China with needed
oil and gas within the strategic partnership between the two
parties.
The GCC will also send visitors in November to China to discuss
the launch of negotiations on a free trade agreement.
Abdul-rahman Al-attiyah also reiterates that the Gulf
Cooperation Council and its member states will persist in the
one-China principle.
(CRI September 9, 2004)
