Egypt Welcomes Xi as Beijing Expands Influence in Region
- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday after attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting in Kyrgyzstan, where President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomed him as a dear guest.
- Over the past 70 years, China and Egypt have pursued win-win cooperation, with Egypt becoming the first Arab and African country to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
- At Ittihadiya Palace, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomed Xi with a 21-gun salute and honor guard, emphasizing growing cooperation in trade, investment, and tourism between the two nations.
- Xi called for the rejection of "external interference" in the Middle East, urging external powers to abandon double standards, according to Xinhua; the visit aims for in-depth China-Egypt relations discussions.
- Egypt's Heliopolis and Helwan military factories signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Turkey's MKE, reflecting close ties between Cairo and Ankara as Turkey has also signed pacts with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan.
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The recent visit to Beijing of the King of Jordan and the visit of the number one Chinese Xi Jinping to Egypt illustrate China's growing presence in the region, even though the war against Iran waged by the United States disrupts the plans of the Asian power.
Xi Jinping returns to Egypt after 10 years. China is strengthening economic cooperation, defense, and strategic influence in the Middle East.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Sook-hee = At an international airport in Cairo, the capital of Egypt, children wearing T-shirts printed with the face of Chinese President Xi Jinping were lined up...
The Chinese President ' s visit to Egypt does not seem to be as much a stop in the course of relations between Cairo and Beijing as it carries political and economic messages, at a time when Chinese-American competition for influence is expanding in the Middle East and Africa.
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