The China-Arab Cooperation Forum in Doha is underway. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has held separate meetings with his counterparts from Algeria, Comoros, Lebanon and Yemen to discuss how to promote ties between China and the Arab world.

DOHA, May 12, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (2nd R) meets with Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdulmalik al-Mekhlafi (2nd L) in Doha, Qatar, May 11, 2016. Wang and al-Mekhlafi are in the Qatari capital for the 7th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab Cooperation Forum, which is scheduled to open on Thursday.(Xinhua/Meng Tao)

Top diplomats vowed to enhance mutual political trust, and bilateral economic cooperation, namely in areas of infrastructure and nuclear energy. The foreign ministers of the four Arab countries also voiced their support to China on its South China Sea issue.