To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (1419709 ) 9/23/2023 5:17:44 AM From: Broken_Clock Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1578422 Biden the Great Uniter He's uniting the entire world against us. Tenshitsyou thinks the US can take on the world...but Biden is rally leading us instead to the greatest 'has beens' in history. Xi, Assad announce launch of China-Syria strategic partnership The Chinese president held a high-level meeting with his Syrian counterpart in which the two stressed they would 'firmly support' each other and 'promote friendly cooperation' News Desk SEP 22, 2023 (Photo Credit: Xinhua) Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad on 22 September announced the launch of the China-Syria strategic partnership during a meeting in the eastern city of Hangzhou. “Today, we will jointly announce the establishment of the China-Syria strategic partnership, which will become an important milestone in the history of bilateral relations,” Xi told Assad. “Faced with an international situation full of instability and uncertainty, China is willing to continue to work together with Syria, firmly support each other, promote friendly cooperation, and jointly defend international fairness and justice,” he added. For his part, Assad expressed his “happiness" at being invited to China, a country he says " stands with the just causes of the peoples … which form the basis of Chinese policy in international forums and which are based on the independence of countries, respect for the will of the people, and rejection of terrorism.” “This visit is important in its timing and circumstances, as a multipolar world is being formed that will restore balance and stability to the world. It is the duty of all of us to seize this moment for the sake of a bright and promising future, and I hope that our meeting today will establish broad and long-term strategic cooperation in various fields," Assad continued. The two presidents also oversaw the signing of three cooperation agreements in the fields of economic cooperation and development, as well as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) “on the common context of a cooperation plan within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).” Assad arrived in China on Thursday,leading a high-level political and diplomatic delegation in his first official visit to the Asian giant in nearly 20 years. Following his arrival, the Chinese foreign ministry said his visit would take China-Syria ties to a “ new level .”