Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday met with King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, who is on a state visit to China.
Li hailed the fruitful practical cooperation between China and Jordan over recent years.
China stands ready to work with Jordan to carry forward the traditional friendship, firmly support each other, promote high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, deepen collaboration in such fields as economy and trade, green development, the digital economy, and people-to-people exchanges, and move forward hand in hand on the path toward modernization, the premier said.
China is ready to make unremitting efforts to help de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, Li said.
He expressed the hope that Jordan will continue to play a key role in developing relations between China and Arab states and promoting the building of a China-Arab community with a shared future at a higher level.
Abdullah II said Jordan firmly adheres to the one-China principle and is willing to enhance exchanges with China at all levels and promote cooperation in economy and trade, energy, scientific and technological innovation, and other fields.
Jordan looks forward to working with China to promote Arab-China relations to a new level, he added.
Chinese premier meets Jordan's king
Tokyo stocks ended mixed Monday, as the broader market was lifted by gains on Wall Street late last week, along with impact from the possible measures taken by the Bank of Japan.
The benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 488.27 points, or 0.74 percent, from Friday at 65,528.09.
The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 6.00 points, or 0.15 percent, higher at 4,073.29.
The Topix index was supported by gains on Wall Street late last week following a stronger-than-expected S and P Global Purchasing Managers' Index for August, which eased concerns over an economic slowdown.
Meanwhile, the benchmark Nikkei index mostly traded in negative territory, as investors locked in gains on some technology shares, said analysts.
Timothy Pope, a market analyst for the China Global Television Network (CGTN), recapped the day.
"In Tokyo today the Nikkei 225 was down a little bit less than 0.7 percent lower. Its AI heavyweights were slipping again in the leadup to Nvidia earnings we are going to see later in the week. Quite a few of the big names on the Nikkei are exposed to Nvidia. Advantest being one of them, (was) down 3.9 percent today, and tech investor SoftBank as another, down 5.3 percent," Pope said.
"But aside from the AI results, this week is increasingly a will-they-won't-they story about the Bank of Japan and interest rates. The market consensus seems to be swinging more towards expecting another rate hike in September. The BOJ's inflation reading will come out on Tuesday, that's for underline inflation, just before the market closes. There is also going to be a speech from the BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino on Thursday that I think the market will be watching pretty closely," he said.
Tokyo stocks end mixed on Wall Street gains, tech losses
