Hey there, amigos! 🎉 Big news from the BRICS Summit: Chinese President Xi Jinping just met with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and it's all about friendship and partnership! 🇨🇳🇪🇬
On Wednesday, on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit, President Xi welcomed Egypt as a full member of BRICS for the first time. He said China is super excited to be a sincere friend and close partner with Egypt. How cool is that? 😎
Guess what? This year marks the China-Egypt Year of Partnership and the 10th anniversary of their comprehensive strategic partnership. Talk about a decade of friendship! 🥳
President Xi emphasized that China firmly supports Egypt in safeguarding its national sovereignty, security, and development interests. He suggested that both countries should keep supporting each other, boost their political mutual trust, and deepen practical cooperation. Together, they aim to build the Belt and Road with high quality and push their relationship towards a shared future in the new era. 🌐✨
China is also keen on strengthening coordination with Egypt to promote steady and long-term BRICS cooperation, turning up the volume on the influence and voice of the Global South, and safeguarding the common interests of developing countries. 🌍🗣️
President al-Sisi, on his end, congratulated China on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. He mentioned that since establishing their comprehensive strategic partnership 10 years ago, Egypt and China have achieved awesome results in various fields. 🎊
Highlighting that China is Egypt's most sincere friend, al-Sisi thanked China for its valuable assistance. He assured that Egypt firmly abides by the one-China principle and totally gets the importance of the Taiwan question to China. 👫❤️
Al-Sisi expressed Egypt's willingness to align its development strategies with the Belt and Road Initiative and strengthen cooperation in various fields. Plus, he thanked China for supporting Egypt's official entry into the BRICS family. Egypt is excited to enhance multilateral coordination with China to jointly safeguard the common interests of developing countries and the Global South, promoting a more just and equitable global governance system. 🤗🌐
The two leaders also chatted about the current situation in the Middle East. President Xi expressed deep concern over the ongoing issues. He stated that wars and chaos aren't in anyone's interest and emphasized that the Palestinian issue is at the heart of the Middle East problem. 🕊️
Xi stressed that the urgent task now is to implement the UN Security Council's resolutions fully and effectively, aiming to end the fighting in Gaza ASAP. He believes that only by implementing the two-state solution can there be a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace. ✌️
China appreciates Egypt's efforts to promote a ceasefire and is ready to strengthen coordination to push for an early end to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, easing the regional situation. Teamwork makes the dream work! 🤝
Stay tuned for more updates, amigos! The world is changing, and we're here to keep you in the loop! 🌎💡
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Xi Jinping meets Egyptian president on sidelines of BRICS Summit
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