BEIRUT, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Fawzi Salloukh vowed to reinforce ties with China in all fields, local daily Annahar reported on Monday.

    "China is a great country. The relationships with China are full of chances and possibilities", Salloukh said as he returned Beirut on Sunday from Beijing where he attended a two-day China-Arab Cooperation Forum.

    Salloukh said the China-Arab Cooperation Forum was a channel to strengthen relations between Arab countries and China, adding that the Arab countries would gain strategic profit by reinforcing political, financial and cultural relations with China.

    Chinese government would like to help Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and provide equipment to the Lebanese Foreign Affairs and Emigrants Ministry, he added.

    Salloukh also thanked China for participating a UN mission in Lebanon.

    "I'll take the opportunity to express my appreciation to China for dispatching a battalion to join in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)," said the foreign minister.

    The China-Arab Cooperation Forum, which was established in 2004,held its second ministerial meeting on May 31 and June 1 in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Enditem