Editor's Note: Essam Sharaf, former Egyptian prime minister, participated in a dialogue between Chinese and Arab political parties in Yinchuan, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, which was held from April 21-22.He delivered a speech at the opening ceremony and was interviewed by Chinese reporters during the event. Below is an excerpt from the Chinese translation of his interview and speech.

The internal cause for the current situation in the Middle East is that some regimes are not fully for the people. Externally, some countries have been interfering with the Middle East region and trying to split us. What Arab countries need to do is to stick together and work with China. The problems the region is facing will be solved.

I appreciate the policies China has been carrying out over the past three decades. I think there are three important factors in China's policies: stability, reform and development. Stability is very important. Especially for our region, we should obtain stability, then many problems will be solved neatly.