Xi says China 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.

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 concerns, and deepen exchanges and cooperation at various levels and across all sectors to ensure that the baton of friendship is passed on from generation to generation, he said.

The two countries should pursue mutual benefit and win-win cooperation, and set a benchmark for joint development, Xi said.

China and Egypt should forge greater synergy in development strategies, engage in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, proactively tap the potential and expand the scope of pragmatic collaboration in a bid to provide sustained impetus to the mutually beneficial cooperation, he noted.

He also urged the two sides to appreciate the beauty of each civilization and set an example for exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.

The two sides should deepen exchanges and cooperation in areas such as education, tourism, science and technology, health, sports and archaeology, forge a stronger bond of mutual understanding and affinity between the two peoples, with a view to injecting new momentum into the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership, and harnessing the strengths of diverse civilizations to promote the building of a community with a shared future for humanity, he added.

China and Egypt, Xi said, should move forward side by side, and be pioneers in upholding fairness and justice.

As both major developing countries and important Global South nations, China and Egypt should vigorously uphold world peace and stability, and international fairness and justice by practicing true multilateralism, enhancing multilateral coordination, and working together to deliver on the four global initiatives on development, security, civilization and governance, he noted.

The two countries should stand united and work together to steer China-Arab and China-Africa cooperation, Xi said, expressing China's readiness to work with the Egyptian side to enhance the demonstration effect of their well-established cooperation, leverage Egypt's unique location in linking the Arab world and reaching across the African continent, further implement the proposal on building "five cooperation frameworks" between China and Arab states and follow up on the ten partnership actions for modernization between China and Africa.