开元棋盘中阿合作论坛成立二十年之际，巴林国王哈马德、埃及总统塞西、突尼斯总统赛义德、阿联酋总统穆罕默德，于近日对中国进行国事访问。埃及苏伊士运河大学校长纳赛尔·曼杜尔(Nasser Mandour) 在“东西问·中外对话”中表示，阿拉伯国家视中国为老朋友，也是新朋友。四国元首访华传递了强有力的积极信号。(陈天浩)

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Tunisian President Kais Saied, and the United Arab Emirates' President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan paid state visits to China. In the latest W.E. Talk, Nasser Mandour, president of Suez Canal University, noted that Arab counties regard China as their old and new friend, and believed that these are very strong visits. (Chen Tianhao)