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Reaffirming China's stand on major international, regional issues

Yang said Wen's visit has underlined China's stand on the promotion of renewable energy.

At the opening ceremony of Fifth World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, Premier Wen's keynote speech has conveyed a positive message that China will remain committed to a more sustainable path of development, Yang said.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gives a keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the fourth China-Arab Business Conference and Investment Seminar in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 18, 2012. [Xinhua photo]

In his speech, Wen said the core of green growth is to reduce the excessive consumption of energy resources. He offered a four-point proposal:

Firstly, increasing energy efficiency should be put on top of the agenda; Secondly, the development of renewable energy should be promoted by adopting more favorable policies to help expand the technological application in an effort to cut costs.

The third point was to actively promote new technologies to enhance efficiency. Lastly, the premier urged countries to effectively safeguard energy security.

Wen also spoke highly of the special role played by West Asia and North Africa in securing the future supply in the global energy market, adding that China is ready to work with the international community to promote regional peace and development.

On the sidelines of the summit, Wen also met with Icelandic President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to exchange views on the coordination of international and regional affairs.

Political leaders of all countries, representatives of international organizations, business persons and scholars present at the meeting expressed extensive welcome to and made positive comment on China's active role in regional and international affairs.

They also expressed the willingness to further strengthen political mutual trust and practical cooperation with China in promoting common development.

During the visit, Wen also introduced to the world the friendly China-Arab cooperation.

In a speech delivered at the fourth China-Arab Business Conference and Investment Seminar under the framework of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum in the UAE, Wen said China gave high priority to its relations with Arab countries and regarded them as an important part of China's foreign policy.

"Our two sides have always cherished the traditional friendship, remained good friends who can be trusted, good partners who can be counted on and good brothers who stand by each other through thick and thin," he said.

Wen put forward a three-point proposal on the China-Arab relations:

-- strengthening political mutual trust and deepening strategic cooperation.

-- deepening mutually beneficial cooperation for common development.

-- expanding cultural and people-to-people exchanges and carrying forward the traditional friendship.

Appreciating China's friendly policy toward the Arab world, the Arab states vowed to make joint efforts with China to further promote mutual trust and friendship between the two sides.

The Chinese premier also expounded on China's stance on maintaining peace and stability in West Asia and North Africa as well as on the Syria issue and Iran's nuclear issue.

Wen said China was closely watching the situation in the region, and urged all relevant parties in the countries concerned to seek peaceful solutions to conflicts through political dialogues.

He also said China respected the people's appeals for reform in the countries concerned, supported the mediation efforts by the Arab League in Syria and called for an end to violence against civilians.

"China hopes and believes the governments and peoples in the region have the ability to solve their own problems," he said. "We support countries in the region in choosing independently a development path suited to their own national conditions."

The international community should play an active and constructive role in this regard, the Chinese premier said.

The Arab countries said they were willing to strengthen communication and coordination with China so as to jointly safeguard regional peace and stability.

Yang said Wen's visit, which has achieved its goals of deepening mutual trust, enhancing exchanges, boosting friendship and expanding cooperation with the Arab nations, will further cement the China-Arab friendly cooperation and realize common development with those countries.

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