Newly-appointed Chinese FM to visit Egypt within African tour – Egypt Today

Newly-appointed Chinese FM to visit Egypt within African tour – Egypt Today

CAIRO - 9 January 2023: Newly-appointed Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Qin Gang is holding on January 9-16 a tour in Africa that includes Egypt, where he will also meet with the secretary-general of the Arab League, Gabon, Ethiopia, Angola, and Benin.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met in December his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Riyadh, on the sidelines of the first Arab-Chinese Summit.

In his speech during the summit, President Sisi said that most of the world’s countries and especially developing countries are suffering from the food crisis and its repercussions.

The Egyptian president noted that this crisis along with its consequences is a main motive to strengthen the Chinese-Arab partnership to face global challenge by strengthening multilateral cooperation.

President Sisi noted that “one of the most dangerous challenges the world, particularly developing countries, are facing today is the food crisis and its repercussions. This urges us to strengthen the Arab-China Partnership in the face of these challenges”

“These crises have also burdened our countries and their government budgets, which urges the international community to reduce the debt burden on countries that suffer from high food and energy import bills. This shall take place while working to strengthen the rules-based multilateral trading system, and