President Xi Jinping will attend the first China-Arab States Summit and the China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and pay a state visit to Saudi Arabia from Dec 7 to 10 at the invitation of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the Persian Gulf to the east and the Red Sea to the west.
"According to my observation from my window, here the work day begins very early – about 6 am – and that is interspersed by periods of rest and prayer, and finishes about midday."