President Xi Jinping Says China Ready to Deepen Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Egypt
- Chinese President Xi Jinping is visiting Egypt from August 30 to September 3, marking his first trip in a decade to meet Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and deepen strategic ties.
- The visit coincides with 70 years of diplomatic relations, with Egypt becoming the first Arab country to recognize the People's Republic of China in 1956.
- Bilateral trade reached around $20.8bn in 2025, and companies signed 17 export contracts worth about $168m this month; more than 200 firms operate in Ain Sokhna's Suez Canal Economic Zone.
- Security cooperation has accelerated, with Huawei submitting a bid to supply 1,408 AI chips for government applications and forces recently conducting the Eagles of Civilization 2026 air exercise.
- Human Rights Watch has raised surveillance concerns, warning that combining biometric records with state databases could enable broad profiling, while Beijing views Egypt as a gateway to Middle Eastern and African markets.
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Beijing, 1 Sep (EFE).- Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive this Tuesday in Egypt for his first state visit to the country in a decade, at a time when Beijing seeks to strengthen its economic and diplomatic ties with Cairo and coordinate positions on the major crises in the Middle East, especially Gaza and Iran.Xi will visit the African country after participating in Bishkek at the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), in th…
President Xi Jinping says China ready to deepen comprehensive strategic partnership with Egypt
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China stands ready to deepen its comprehensive strategic partnership with Egypt. Xi made the remarks in a signed article published in Egyptian media outlets ahead of his state visit to the country.
Xi says China ready to deepen ties ahead of Egypt trip
President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China stands ready to deepen its comprehensive strategic partnership with Egypt. Xi made the remarks in a signed article published in Egyptian media outlets ahead of his state visit to the African nation. In the article, Xi called on China and Egypt to enhance mutual trust and set an example of carrying forward friendship. The two sides should continue supporting each other on core interests and major conc…
The Egyptian-Chinese air exercises coincide with the forthcoming Tuesday visit of Chinese President Shi Jin Ping to Cairo, where President Abdelfattah Sisi is scheduled to meet to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments.
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