Li Qiang meets with Egyptian President Sisi
Release time:
2024-05-31 18:24
On the afternoon of May 30, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing with Egyptian President Sisi who was on a state visit to China and attended the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Weibing
On the afternoon of May 30, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse with Egyptian President Sisi who was on a state visit to China and attended the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Conference of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum.
Li Qiang said that China and Egypt are good friends and partners who unite and help each other and develop hand in hand. President Xi Jinping held talks with Mr. President yesterday and made a strategic plan for the development of China-Egypt relations under the new situation. China is willing to work with Ethiopia to implement the important consensus of the two heads of state, promote traditional friendship, continue to strengthen exchanges and cooperation in various fields, and push the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries to a new level.
Li Qiang pointed out that China firmly supports Egypt in taking a development path that suits its own national conditions and supports Egypt in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests. China is willing to work with Egypt to take the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road" as a guide, deepen cooperation in traditional fields such as infrastructure, power, and industry, and continue to cultivate new cooperation growth points such as new energy, aerospace, agricultural science and technology, and digital economy, and further facilitate bilateral trade and investment exchanges, assist Egypt to strengthen the endogenous driving force of economic development, and better achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. The two sides should expand cultural exchanges such as think tanks, youth, education, and tourism, and consolidate the foundation of public opinion for friendship between the two countries. China is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Egypt in multilateral mechanisms such as the United Nations, the BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and work together to quell the war in Gaza as soon as possible, alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, and make unremitting efforts to promote a comprehensive, just and lasting solution to the Palestinian issue.
Sisi said that in the past ten years since the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership between Egypt and China, bilateral cooperation in various fields has achieved fruitful results. Egypt firmly abides by the one-China principle, firmly supports China in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and supports China in combating terrorism. The Egyptian side congratulates China on its great development achievements, appreciates the active participation of Chinese enterprises in Egypt's infrastructure construction, is willing to be China's gateway to Arab and African countries, and looks forward to sharing the new opportunities brought about by China's development. Egypt is willing to work with China to further expand cooperation in the fields of agriculture, trade, new energy, communications, and high technology under the framework of the "Belt and Road" to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results and better benefit the two peoples. The Egyptian side is willing to provide convenient conditions for Chinese enterprises to invest in Egypt.
Wu Zhenglong attended the meeting.
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Source Xinhua News Agency
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