This framework was repeated a third time just recently, a few weeks ago, when Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, visited Beijing. In addition, China and the Gulf have released a joint statement, and there, too, they mentioned China’s New Security Architecture for the Middle East. They made some significant announcements, including $50 billion in MoUs and numerous grand statements about the strategic nature of cooperation between China and the region. The first one was hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the second with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), and the third with with 21 members of the Arab League. A few months later, in early December, Chinese leader Xi Jinping visited Saudi Arabia for three summits. The forum lasted a few days and was attended by about 70 dignitaries from all over the region, who discussed China's solutions to the problems that plague the Middle East. That is when he unveiled what he called China's New Security Architecture for the Middle East. In September we had a pretty major event in Beijing, the Second Middle East Security Conference, headed by then Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi, who gave the keynote speech. I'm your host for today, Tuvia Gering, I'm a researcher with the Diane and Guilford Glaser Israel-China Policy Center, and a non resident Fellow at the Atlantic Council global China Hub. Tuvia Gering: Welcome to the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) podcast series in Tel Aviv. The English transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. It is shared with Guancha with the INSS's permission.
The following conversation took place on March 2nd, 2023 at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) after the INSS 16th annual conference in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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