Chinese Vice Premier Liu Yandong met here on March 28 with Egyptian leaders, including President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, over further cooperation between China and the Arab country.
"The Chinese government will work on improving our mutual exchange and cooperation in various fields including education, science, culture, health and cultural heritage protection, and to expand interaction between our two peoples to make new achievements in China-Egypt cooperation," Liu told the Egyptian president during the meeting.
The Chinese vice premier stressed China's willingness to promote high-level coordination and push forward joint national projects in such fields as infrastructure and energy under the framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road initiative.
Liu's official visit to Cairo came two months after Chinese President Xi Jinping made his first state visit to Egypt, which coincided with the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Proposed by Xi in 2013, the main idea of the Belt and Road Initiative is to revive ancient trade routes to link China with over 60 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe.
Sisi stressed that Egypt regards China as an important strategic partner in its national projects in various fields, expressing Egypt's willingness to improve its development strategy and be a key partner within the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative.
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