From desert to opportunity: China-Egypt ties deepen across sectors
The China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone has grown over a decade into an industrial cluster of nearly 200 companies, creating about 10,000 jobs and attracting more than $4.7 billion in cumulative investment. Trade is expanding in both directions, including a sharp rise in Egyptian agricultural exports to China, while cooperation is spreading into solar power and greener development. Xi Jinping told Abdel Fattah El-Sisi that the two countries should deepen cooperation and advance a China-Egypt community with a shared future.
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China and Egypt welcome de-escalation and dialogue in the Middle EastChina and Egypt welcomed regional and international efforts to reduce tensions and advance dialogue in the Middle East in a joint statement issued during Xi Jinping’s state visit to Egypt. They reaffirmed that the Palestinian issue is central to the region, backed a two-state solution, opposed the displacement of Palestinians, and called for consolidating the Gaza ceasefire and allowing humanitarian aid to enter unhindered.
China-Egypt friendship features equality, mutual trustChina and Egypt issued a joint statement describing their friendship as based on equality, mutual trust, solidarity and mutually beneficial cooperation. During Xi Jinping’s state visit to Egypt, the two sides agreed to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership, coordinate on global governance, support Egypt’s digital transformation and expand their bilateral local-currency swap arrangement.
- China-Egypt friendship features equality, mutual trust
China and Egypt said in a joint statement that their friendship is based on equality and mutual trust, amity and mutual learning, solidarity and mutual support, and win-win cooperation. During Xi Jinping’s state visit to Egypt, the two sides agreed to deepen their comprehensive strategic partnership, coordinate on global governance, support industrial localization and Egypt’s digital transformation, and expand local-currency settlement and currency-swap cooperation.
Xi raises four-point proposal for new Middle East security architectureChinese President Xi Jinping proposed a four-part plan for a new Middle East security architecture during talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. The plan calls for regional initiative, integrated solutions, development, and stronger international coordination. Sisi said Egypt would continue working with China to ease tensions, protect regional stability and explore a regional security framework.
- Xi raises proposal for new security architecture in Middle East
Chinese President Xi Jinping presented a four-point proposal for a new Middle East security architecture during talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Xi called for common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, rejection of outside interference, development, international coordination and political solutions. Sisi said Egypt would continue coordinating with China to ease tensions and explore a regional security framework.
Presidents of China and Egypt attend cooperation signing ceremonyChinese President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi attended a ceremony in Cairo on Wednesday to sign cooperation documents.
Xi calls on China and Egypt to enhance mutual support and deepen cooperationDuring talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Chinese President Xi Jinping urged China and Egypt to support each other and advance a community with a shared future amid turbulent international and regional conditions. He called for broader cooperation in trade, infrastructure, green energy, technology, security and multilateral affairs, while Sisi reaffirmed Egypt’s commitment to the partnership and the one-China principle.
