China backs Islamic Military Alliance to fight terrorism

China has expressed its willingness to cooperate with the Islamic Military Alliance to fight terrorism and appreciated Saudi Arabia’s efforts to create this group.
The pledge of support came during a during talks between Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the International Syria Support Group meeting in New York.
Speaking to the Saudi Press Agency after the talks, Al-Jubeir said that the Kingdom has strong relations with China which is an important economic, political and security partner.
Al-Jubeir said he and the Chinese minister discussed the Saudi-Chinese bilateral relations and the keenness of the two countries to strengthen and intensify their relations in various fields.
He said that the Chinese foreign minister appreciated the Kingdom’s initiative to form the Islamic Military Alliance to fight terrorism and extremism and expressed China’s willingness to cooperate with the alliance.
For his part, the Chinese foreign minister expressed his country’s desire to intensify bilateral cooperation with the Kingdom in all fields.
Ambassador Osama Osama Nugli, director of the information department, and Saad Al-Saad, deputy representative to the UN, attended the meeting.