Guo spoke positively of China-Egypt relations and inter-party exchanges, and congratulated Egypt on joining the BRICS cooperation mechanism upon invitation. He expressed the Chinese side’s willingness to work with the Egyptian side to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen the integration of development strategies, and step up communication and coordination within the framework of the BRICS mechanism, to safeguard the common interests of developing countries.

Karim Abdul Karim Darwish, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives, congratulated General Secretary Xi Jinping on his election as Chinese President, and thanked the Chinese side for supporting Egypt in joining the BRICS cooperation mechanism. He said, the Egyptian side attaches great importance to developing relations with China and looks forward to strengthening exchanges and cooperation in parliaments, political parties, people-to-people and cultural engagement between the two countries within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, so as to promote greater development of Egypt-China comprehensive strategic partnership.

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