Wang Yi holds talks with Saudi NSA Al-Aiban, who delivers Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's letter to Xi; both sides discuss the Gulf situation.
Xinhua reported that on 2 November Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs, held talks in Beijing with Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban, Saudi Arabia's minister of state, cabinet member and national security adviser. Al-Aiban delivered a letter from Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to President Xi Jinping on bilateral relations and issues of common interest. An MFA readout posted about 21:45 said Wang called Saudi Arabia an important comprehensive strategic partner and a priority in China's Middle East diplomacy; that the regional situation had again reached a critical crossroads between war and peace; and that parties should end hostilities through dialogue, safeguard energy and shipping-lane security, and work toward a new regional security architecture serving long-term interests. A combined Xinhua dispatch also covered Wang's meeting that day with Iran's Ali Bagheri Kani (already published at chinaday.news/i/79). Xinhua English, RTHK, Reuters via Al-Monitor, Arab News and the Saudi Press Agency reported the letter and talks.
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