Egypt’s FM to hold press conference with Chinese counterpart in Cairo

CAIRO – 14 January 2023: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will receive his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang in Cairo on Sunday to discuss the bilateral relations, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry in a statement on Saturday.

A session of discussion will be held between the two ministers and then to be followed by a joint press conference, the statement added.

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”