On the afternoon of July 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Algerian President Teburn, who was on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Teburn in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the people. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen

Xi Jinping pointed out that this year marks the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Afghanistan. 65 years ago, the common cause of opposing imperialism and colonialism and striving for national independence and liberation brought our two countries together. Over the past 65 years, China and Algeria have always shared weal and woe, helped each other, understood and supported each other, and are sincere friends and natural partners on the road of pursuing common development and national rejuvenation. China is comprehensively promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization, and Algeria is making great efforts to promote the construction of a "new Algeria". China is willing to work with Albania to carry forward the traditional friendship and promote greater development of China Arab comprehensive strategic partnership.

Xi Jinping stressed that the two sides should support each other on issues involving each other's core interests. I would like to thank the Arab side for its clear-cut support for China's just stand on issues such as Taiwan, Xinjiang and human rights. China firmly supports the Arab side in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, supports the Arab side in taking a development path in line with its own national conditions, and opposes interference in the internal affairs of Afghanistan by external forces. The two sides should work together to implement important cooperation documents such as the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", deepen cooperation in traditional fields such as infrastructure, petrochemicals, minerals, and agriculture, and expand cooperation in high-tech fields such as aerospace, nuclear energy, information communications, and renewable energy. New growth points for cooperation. China is willing to continue to provide assistance to the Arab side within its capacity, support the economic and social development of Afghanistan, import more high-quality Afghan products, and encourage and support Chinese enterprises to carry out cooperation in Afghanistan. This year marks the 60th anniversary of China's dispatch of a medical team to Algeria. Over the past 60 years, China has sent 3522 medical personnel to the Arab side, diagnosed and treated more than 2700 million patients and delivered more than 2.07 million newborns, setting up a monument of Sino-Arab friendship. China is willing to continue to deepen medical and health cooperation with Albania, provide government scholarships to Albania, promote friendly cooperation in news, tourism, youth, sports, think tanks and other fields, and consolidate the public opinion foundation of the two countries.

Xi Jinping pointed out that China is willing to work with the Arab side to speed up the implementation of the results of the first China-Arab summit, implement the "eight common actions" of China-Arab practical cooperation, strengthen cooperation within the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, implement the results of the Dakar meeting of the Forum, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for China-Arab and China-Africa in the new era. Congratulations on Afghanistan's election as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2024-2025, and is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Afghanistan on multilateral occasions such as the United Nations, and firmly uphold the international system with the United Nations as the core, the international order based on international law, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter. The basic norms of international relations based on principles, practice true multilateralism, safeguard international fairness and justice, and safeguard the common interests of developing countries.

On the afternoon of July 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Algerian President Teben, who was on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhai Jianlan

Teben said that China is Algeria's most important friend and partner. I would like to thank China for providing all kinds of valuable support to the Arab side for a long time. The Arab side firmly supports China's position on Taiwan, Xinjiang and other core interests, supports China's global development initiative, global security initiative and global civilization initiative, and is willing to actively participate in the joint construction of "Belt and Road Initiative", deepen the comprehensive strategic partnership between Afghanistan and China, and help Afghanistan realize national economic and social development. The Algerian side welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest and cooperate in Afghanistan, is willing to provide a good business environment, welcomes more Chinese tourists to visit Afghanistan, and is willing to strengthen practical cooperation in various fields with China and deepen people-to-people exchanges and cooperation. The current international situation is very unbalanced. We thank China for its key role in promoting the construction of a more open and inclusive world and the formation of a more just and reasonable international order. We appreciate China's constructive role in fairly resolving regional hot issues such as Palestine and promoting regional and world peace and stability, and are willing to work closely with China in strategic cooperation in international and regional affairs. The Arab side highly affirms the important role played by the China-Arab Cooperation Forum and the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in promoting the development of China-Arab and China-Africa relations, and is willing to work with China to raise China-Arab and China-Africa cooperation to a new level and better benefit the people of both sides.

After the talks, the two heads of state jointly witnessed the signing of a number of bilateral cooperation documents in the fields of agriculture, transportation, science and technology, telecommunications, sustainable urban development, trade, aerospace, inspection and quarantine, energy, education, and sports.

The two sides issued a joint statement by the People's Republic of China and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

On the afternoon of July 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Algerian President Teben, who was on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Teben in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhai Jianlan

Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Teburn in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

7On the afternoon of March 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Algerian President Teburn, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Teben in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Huang Jingwen

When Teben arrived, a 21-gun salute was fired in Tiananmen Square and soldiers lined up to salute. The heads of state of the two countries boarded the reviewing stand, and the military band played the national anthems of China and Argentina. Accompanied by Xi Jinping, Teben inspected the honor guard of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and watched the split.

On the afternoon of July 18, President Xi Jinping held talks with Algerian President Teben, who was on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Before the talks, Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for Teben in the North Hall of the Great Hall of the People. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Ding Haitao

That night, Xi Jinping held a welcome banquet for Teben in the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People.

Wang Yi participated in the above activities.