The Egyptian leader was one of at least four heads of state who met Xi after attending the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, seeking closer ties with China. Not having left China since amid the pandemic, Xi is holding a series meetings on the sidelines of the Games with leaders whose countries are anxious to strengthen relations with the rising superpower. The leaders of Argentina, Ecuador, Qatar and Poland are also among those in town. While China formally eschews all military alliances, the sides have held a series of joint war games, including naval drills and patrols by long-range bombers over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. In August, Russian troops for the first time deployed to Chinese territory for joint manoeuvres. Putin has also noted that Russia has been sharing highly sensitive military technologies with China that helped significantly bolster its defence capability.
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Xi meets Sisi, calls for building China-Egypt community with shared future-Xinhua
Xi said that China and Egypt have further consolidated political mutual trust and achieved fruitful results in practical cooperation with highlights in joint fight against the COVID pandemic. The China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership has become a model of solidarity, cooperation and mutual benefit between China and Arab, African and developing countries, Xi said. Xi stressed that the two sides should deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and continue to dovetail the Belt and Road Initiative with Egypt's Vision , as well as advance projects such as the development of the Suez Canal Corridor. Noting that China and Egypt built the first joint COVID vaccine production line on the African continent last year, Xi said that the two sides should continue to fight the pandemic in solidarity. China is willing to continue to provide vaccine support to Egypt, expand cooperation on joint vaccine production, help Egypt become a vaccine production center in Africa, and jointly make contributions to promoting accessibility and affordability of vaccines in developing countries, Xi said.
Xi meets Sisi, calls for building China-Egypt community with shared future
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Tripartite talks were last held in early April but failed to reach an agreement. The water issue, in general, and the GERD crisis in particular, are currently of major concern for the Egyptian government. The Chinese delegate called for the resumption of negotiations under African Union auspices to complete the dam. Since it is impossible to withdraw Chinese investments from Ethiopia, Fahmy told Al-Monitor, it was unlikely for Beijing to change its position on the dam issue.