Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Egyptian President Sisi

On the morning of September 2 local time, Egyptian President Sisi held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the AlIttihadiya Palace in Cairo. When Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrived, Sisi and his wife gave them a warm welcome. The two sides then held a welcoming ceremony and took group photos. During the talks, Xi Jinping reviewed the course of ChinaEgypt exchanges over the past 70 years, saying that the two sides share similar goals in advancing development and national rejuvenation, improving people's livelihoods, and upholding international fairness and justice, and should continue to promote the building of a ChinaEgypt community with a shared future. He proposed that the two sides should maintain highlevel exchanges, deepen alignment of development strategies, expand peopletopeople and cultural exchanges, strengthen security cooperation, and closely coordinate on multilateral platforms such as the United Nations and BRICS. Xi Jinping also explained China's position on the situation in the Middle East, put forward a multipoint initiative on common regional security, and stressed that the Palestinian issue should not be marginalized and that the international community should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of regional countries. Sisi said that Egypt is willing to continue advancing cooperation with China in trade, manufacturing, infrastructure, new energy, and other fields, strengthen multilateral coordination, and jointly address global challenges. After the talks, the two sides signed multiple cooperation documents and issued a joint statement.