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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday met with Egyptian
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Riyadh, Trend reports citing
Xinhua.
Xi pointed out that as the regional and international
environments are undergoing profound and complex changes, the
strategic and overarching importance of China-Egypt relations has
become all the more evident. The visions and interests that China
and Egypt share mean that the two sides need to work together
toward the building of a China-Egypt community with a shared future
in the new era and toward greater advancement of the China-Egypt
comprehensive strategic partnership.
Xi underscored that China firmly supports Egypt in choosing a
development path that suits its national conditions and in
safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development
interests. China is ready to deepen Belt and Road cooperation with
Egypt, ensure the on-schedule and high-quality completion of the
train project in the 10th of Ramadan City and the Central Business
District (CBD) in the new administrative capital of Egypt, and make
the China-Egypt Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone and other
major cooperation projects a success.
China is ready to import more quality products from Egypt and
expand cooperation in investment and financing, joint vaccine
production and aerospace. The two sides need to promote the Luban
Workshops and Chinese language learning so that more people will
become bridges for China-Egypt friendship, said Xi.
China hopes to seize the opportunity offered by the first
China-Arab States Summit to work with Egypt to build a China-Arab
community with a shared future and to better implement the nine
programs announced at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, said
Xi.
China congratulates Egypt on the success of the Sharm El-Sheikh
Climate Change Conference (COP27), and aims to strengthen
communication and cooperation with Egypt in energy transition,
green economic sectors and low-carbon technologies, said Xi.
China is ready to step up cooperation with Egypt in the United
Nations and on other multilateral platforms, and jointly advocate
true multilateralism, uphold the basic norms of international
relations, safeguard the common interests of developing countries,
and promote peace and stability in the region and beyond, said
Xi.
Sisi said that under the strong leadership of the Communist
Party of China (CPC), China has made great development achievements
and gained notable international stature. He extended heartfelt
congratulations on the success of the recently held 20th CPC
National Congress.
Egypt is glad to have a great friend like China and looks
forward to further enhancing Egypt-China comprehensive strategic
partnership and promoting bilateral cooperation in various fields
so as to deliver more good results, he said.
The Egyptian side firmly adheres to the one-China policy, and
firmly supports China’s position on Hong Kong, Xinjiang and other
issues concerning China’s core interests, and firmly opposes
interference by any force in China’s internal affairs, he said.
Egypt will continue to work with China to advance Belt and Road
cooperation. Egypt welcomes China’s active participation in
important infrastructure projects in Egypt. Its doors are wide open
to Chinese companies hoping to invest and seek cooperation in
Egypt. Egypt hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in vaccine
research and development, he said.
He thanked China for its important and positive role in COP27,
saying that Egypt stands ready to enhance multilateral
communication and cooperation with China. He looks forward to the
first China-Arab States Summit expected to open a new era for
Arab-China relations.
Ding Xuexiang, Wang Yi and He Lifeng, among others, attended the
meeting.
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