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China–Saudi Arabia relations (Chinese: 中沙关系, Arabic: العلاقات السعودية الصينية‎) refers to the current and historical bilateral relationship between the People's Republic of China and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The first Sino-Saudi official meeting took place in Oman in November 1985, following several years of heightened contact between the two countries. The two governments established official diplomatic relations in July 1990

Already, Saudi Arabia is China's biggest trading partner in the greater Middle East, and China is Saudi Arabia's fourth-largest importer and fifth largest exporter while Saudi Arabia is China's tenth-largest importer and largest crude oil supplier. Saudi authorities may also be uncomfortable with improvements in Chinese and Indian relations with Israel. Neither Beijing nor New Delhi may accept Saudi pressure to downgrade their relationship to Jerusalem; unwillingness to compromise on their antagonism toward the Jewish state may pose a quandary for hard-line Saudi officials.

India's national carrier Air India is now reportedly offering three direct flights a week between New Delhi and Tel Aviv through Saudi Arabia's airspace, effectively ending a 70-year Saudi ban on the use of its airspace for Israel-bound flights. Saudi Arabia does not recognise Israel and flag carrier El Al must take a more circuitous path to avoid Saudi Arabia, which adds hours to flight times. Air India's first Delhi to Tel Aviv flight landed in Israel in seven hours, flying over Saudi Arabia.

Israel in particular has not missed any opportunity to brief, nudge and hint at the growing depth of its dialogue with Riyadh. Saudi Arabia has been much more reticent. Media captionFive things about Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

However, India has asked China to withdraw forces to end the stand-off. The two countries remain locked in a bitter standoff over the Doklam Plateau, known as Donglang in China which is run by Bhutan. Indian supports Bhutan’s claim over the land but China has called India’s intervention as aggressive interference’ and is eager to go ahead to build the ‘controversial road.

India Business News: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said in Washington Monday that Saudi Arabia has granted Air India permission to fly over its territory. Saudi and several other Islamic nations do not recognise Israel. As a result, the four-times-a-week Mumbai-Tel Aviv El Al flight does not overfly some countries on the direct flight path like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to which it has to take a longer route. El Al flights taking off from Tel Aviv for Mumbai go to the southern tip of the country, fly over Red Sea completely avoiding Saudi and then turn east from the horn of Africa that juts into the Arabian Sea straight to its destination. Due to this, the distance of 4,057 km between Mumbai and Tel Aviv is covered.

AFP - Air India launched on Thursday the first scheduled service to Israel to be allowed to cross Saudi airspace, a sign of a behind-the-scenes improvement in ties between the Arab kingdom and the Jewish state. The inaugural flight AI 139 took off from New Delhi at 12:30 . GMT and landed in Tel Aviv at 8:15 . local time, about 30 minutes after its scheduled arrival time. This is a historic moment, Israeli Transport Minister Yisrael Katz told AFP on the tarmac as the Boeing Dreamliner rolled to a halt. Saudi Arabia and Israel have no official diplomatic relations, like much of the Arab world. Egypt and Jordan are the only two Arab countries with peace treaties with Israel. The flight approval comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described relations with the Arab world as the best ever, with common concerns over Iran drawing them closer together.