China’s President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday that Beijing was willing to push its strategic partnership with Riyadh “to a new level,” the official Chinese Xinhua news agency reported.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.In a phone call, the two leaders discussed boosting cooperation in energy, trade and technology, Xinhua added.China’s crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia, its top supplier, rose 8.8 percent in March from a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data released earlier on Tuesday.Describing China as a “trusted brother,” the Crown Prince said Saudi Arabia was willing to promote a “strategic link-up” between its Vision 2030 plan to diversify its economy away from oil and Xi’s signature Belt and Road trade and infrastructure initiative, according to Xinhua.Read more:Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince announces opening of Sakaka power plantSaudi Crown Prince meets with UK Special Envoy for the Gulf regionSaudi Arabia’s King Salman, Crown Prince donate total of $7.9 mln to charity
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