Li commends Sino-Egyptian solidarity

Premier calls for further strengthening two countries' strategic coordination

Premier Li Qiang said on Wednesday that China and Egypt, as important countries of the Global South, should further strengthen strategic coordination to safeguard their common interests.

He made the remarks after landing in Cairo for a two-day official visit to Egypt. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Kamal Madbouly and senior government officials welcomed Li at Cairo International Airport and held a welcoming ceremony in his honor.

Li said that in recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, China-Egypt relations have flourished, with enduring traditional friendship, deepening political mutual trust, fruitful pragmatic cooperation and strong multilateral collaboration.