The Conference of Sino-Arab Friendship concluded in Khartoum on Wednesday with a decision of holding regular meetings on the Chinese-Arab relations every two years, the final communiqué of the conference said.

 

The communiqué also announced the establishment of the permanent secretariat of the Sino-Arab Friendship Conference in Khartoum under the sponsorship of the Arab League.

 

Ahammed Abdul Rahman, Secretary General of the Sudanese Association of World Peoples' Friendship, hailed the conference's decision of selecting Khartoum as the location of its permanent secretariat, describing the decision as "the pride of Sudan."

 

This year's conference also called for exchanging visits, holding exhibitions, conducting dialogue between China and the Arab countries and establishing sister twinship between the Chinese and Arab cities, universities and regions.

 

The next Sino-Arab Friendship Conference will be held in Syria, according to the communiqué.

 

(Xinhua News Agency November 30, 2006)