On May 11, 2016, Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks in Doha with Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani of Qatar.
Wang Yi expressed that China has always regarded Qatar as an important cooperative partner in the Middle East and the Gulf region. With mutual trust between leaders of both states, practical cooperation between the two countries in energy, finance, investment and other areas has been at the forefront of cooperation between China and countries in the region. China stands ready to maintain high-level exchanges with Qatar, strengthen all-round cooperation, and continuously enrich the connotations of bilateral strategic partnership, so as to promote China-Qatar relations to constantly achieve new development. China appreciates Qatar's active support and participation in the construction of the Belt and Road, and is willing to realize common development and prosperity with Qatar in the process of co-building the Belt and Road. The Chinese government supports Chinese enterprises to actively participate in infrastructure construction in Qatar, and encourages more high-quality production capacity and advanced equipments of Chinese enterprises to enter into Qatar's market, hoping Qatar to provide more convenience to this end. China stands ready to work with Qatar to make China-Qatar Cultural Year in 2016 a success, and strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, so as to further consolidate the social and public opinion foundation of China-Qatar friendship. China is willing to continue to maintain communication and cooperation in international and regional issues with Qatar.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani expressed that Qatar and China enjoy friendly relations. Qatar attaches importance to developing relations with China, and is willing to conduct close high-level exchanges with China, and discuss on continuously promoting cooperation between the two countries in various fields through institutional construction, so as to make Qatar-China strategic partnership achieve more tangible results. Qatar supports China's Belt and Road initiative, stands ready to strengthen docking with China, and welcomes Chinese enterprises to actively participate in infrastructure construction in Qatar including the construction of 2022 FIFA World Cup venues and cooperation within the framework of Qatar National Vision 2030. Qatar pays attention to China's significant and positive role in the Middle East issue and other important international and regional issues, and hopes to strengthen communication and cooperation with China.
Both sides exchanged views on regional issues of common concern including the Syrian issue. Wang Yi introduced China's stance on the South China Sea issue. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani expressed that Qatar understands China's stance, and believes disputes between countries should be properly resolved through dialogues and negotiations by parties directly concerned. Qatar supports the Chinese side to continue to carry out dialogues regarding relevant issues.