BEIJING – China and Egypt “share similar visions and strategies in defending their own interests,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping said Saturday in a meeting with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
President El Sisi took part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, which kicked off Friday.
Xi “hailed enhanced political trust” between the two countries, citing cooperation in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.
Their comprehensive strategic partnership is a model of “China-Arab, China-Africa and China-developing world solidarity,” Xi said, according to CGTN.
“China and Egypt share similar visions and strategies in defending their own interests, pursuing common development, enhancing their people´s well-being and promoting fairness and justice in the world, as the world is undergoing changes unseen in a century,” Xi added according to AP.
The two sides will “continue to support each other on issues related to core interests and major concerns,” Xi noted.
The Egyptian leader is one of more than 30 world leaders and heads of major international organizations who flew to Beijing for the opening of the Winter Olympic Games.
By around midday Saturday, Xi had also met with heads of Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Serbia. The leaders of Argentina, Ecuador, Qatar, Poland and are also among those in town.
The meetings follow a mini-summit between Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The two leaders oversaw the signing of more than 20 agreements covering trade, energy and other fields and issued a joint statement.
“President Putin emphasized that the strategic significance of Russia-China relations is unprecedented,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng said in a commentary on the meeting posted to the ministry’s website.
