# Why did Xi choose to visit Egypt amid US-Iran tensions?

https://mins.news/en/item/45611

- TRT World, 2026-09-04 13:21 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.trtworld.com/article/d4b62c9d6bc4

> Chinese President Xi Jinping met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during his first state visit to Egypt in a decade, as tensions between the United States and Iran persist.

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