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On August 5, 2018, China's Ambassador in Syria, Qi Qianjin, published an article in the pro-regime Syrian daily Al-Watan focusing on relations between China and the Arab world. He wrote that these relations have entered a new era of enhanced strategic cooperation and that China is interested in playing a larger role in bringing peace and stability to the region. As for China's relations with Syria, the ambassador stated that, since the beginning of the Syria crisis, his country has been extending "diplomatic and humanitarian" support to the Syrian people, and that the achievements of the Syrian armed forces have strengthened the regime's stability. China, he added, wants to deepen the cooperation between the two countries on the political, military, economic and social levels, and to take part in the rebuilding of Syria.
It should be noted that this article was published several days after Ambassador Qianjin told Al-Watan that the Chinese military would be willing to participate "in some way" in the regime's campaign in Idlib. China later denied this claim, stating that Qianjin's remarks had been mistranslated.
"[In his speech] President Xi Jinping noted that China was willing to strengthen its ties with the Arabs... and announced that it had launched a special plan to promote economic reconstruction through industrial revitalization, and that it would grant a loan of $20 billion to strengthen cooperation with countries with rebuilding needs, for the implementation of projects providing employment opportunities and bolstering stability in accordance with the principles of trade. China will provide 600 million yuan in additional aid to the people of Syria, Yemen, Jordan and Lebanon for humanitarian and reconstruction purposes. It will tighten cooperation with the Arab states [in the field of] infrastructures such as sea ports and railways, and will continue to promote cooperation in the domains of oil, gas and renewable energy."
"Asked about the possibility that his country would take part in the Arab Syrian army's upcoming campaign against the terrorists in Idlib, especially in light of the presence of Uyghur fighters [there], Qianjin replied that China 'is following the situation in Syria, in particular after the victory in southern [Syria], and its military is willing to participate in some way alongside the Syrian army that is fighting the terrorists in Idlib and in any other part of Syria.'
https://www.memri.org/reports/chine...have-golden-opportunity-strengthen-their-ties
https://www.memri.org/reports/chine...icipate-some-way-battle-idlib-alongside-assad
It should be noted that this article was published several days after Ambassador Qianjin told Al-Watan that the Chinese military would be willing to participate "in some way" in the regime's campaign in Idlib. China later denied this claim, stating that Qianjin's remarks had been mistranslated.
"[In his speech] President Xi Jinping noted that China was willing to strengthen its ties with the Arabs... and announced that it had launched a special plan to promote economic reconstruction through industrial revitalization, and that it would grant a loan of $20 billion to strengthen cooperation with countries with rebuilding needs, for the implementation of projects providing employment opportunities and bolstering stability in accordance with the principles of trade. China will provide 600 million yuan in additional aid to the people of Syria, Yemen, Jordan and Lebanon for humanitarian and reconstruction purposes. It will tighten cooperation with the Arab states [in the field of] infrastructures such as sea ports and railways, and will continue to promote cooperation in the domains of oil, gas and renewable energy."
"Asked about the possibility that his country would take part in the Arab Syrian army's upcoming campaign against the terrorists in Idlib, especially in light of the presence of Uyghur fighters [there], Qianjin replied that China 'is following the situation in Syria, in particular after the victory in southern [Syria], and its military is willing to participate in some way alongside the Syrian army that is fighting the terrorists in Idlib and in any other part of Syria.'
https://www.memri.org/reports/chine...have-golden-opportunity-strengthen-their-ties
https://www.memri.org/reports/chine...icipate-some-way-battle-idlib-alongside-assad