Egyptian President Sisi Meets with Wang Yi

On July 18, 2021 local time, Egyptian President Sisi met in Al-Alman with State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi who is on an official visit to Egypt.

Seth conveyed his sincere greetings to Chairman Xi Jinping through Wang Yi, once again warmly congratulated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party, and spoke highly of the miracles created by the Chinese people. Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, this has also attracted the attention of the world. Sisi said that Egypt regards China as a true friend and reliable partner, and will unswervingly develop cooperation with China in various fields, and take the opportunity of celebrating the 65th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations to further strengthen its comprehensive strategic partnership. Between Egypt and China. The Egyptian side unswervingly pursues the one-China policy and firmly supports China’s efforts to safeguard national sovereignty, security and stability and combat terrorism and religious extremism. Egypt supports the “Belt and Road” initiative, and at the same time hopes to strengthen cooperation with China in the fields of infrastructure, industrial parks, and high-tech, and become an important gateway for Chinese companies to enter the Middle East and Africa. Egypt thanks China for providing the COVID-19 vaccine and helping the country produce the vaccine locally, and hopes to further strengthen cooperation with China in the fight against the epidemic. Egypt is willing to work closely with China to jointly promote regional peace and stability.

Wang Yi conveyed President Xi Jinping’s cordial greetings to Sisi, saying that China and Egypt are interdependent good friends. The friendship between the two countries has withstood the test of the international situation and is unbreakable and rock-solid. China highly appreciates that Egypt has always stood with China on issues involving China’s core interests and major concerns. China also firmly supports Egypt in continuing to explore development paths that suit its national conditions, pursue an independent policy, and make efforts to combat terrorism, maintain stability, and eradicate extremism. China looks forward to working with Egypt to build a China-Egypt community with a shared future and build the relationship between the two countries into a pioneering model of China-Arab and China-Africa community with a shared future.

Wang Yi said that Egypt is an important partner in the joint construction of the “Belt and Road”. China is willing to strengthen the connection between the “Belt and Road” and Egypt’s 2030 vision to help Egypt accelerate its pace of industrialization, enhance its scientific and technological capabilities, improve its level of development, and deepen cooperation in law enforcement and security. The two countries have common security. China will continue to provide Egypt with vaccines and anti-epidemic materials to help it eradicate the COVID-19 pandemic. China is willing to work with Egypt to strengthen coordination and cooperation in international affairs, jointly maintain and practice multilateralism, oppose unilateralism and bullying, and promote the development of global governance reform in the right direction. China hopes that Egypt will continue to play a positive role in the construction of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum and China-Africa Cooperation Forum.

The two sides also exchanged views on issues in the Middle East and Africa.

During his visit to Egypt, Wang Yi also held talks with Egyptian Foreign Minister Shukri, signed an agreement on the establishment of the China-Egypt Intergovernmental Cooperation Committee, and attended the virtual ceremony for the joint production of 1 million doses of the new coronavirus pneumonia vaccine. 19 The vaccine is in Egypt.