China's Xi urges new Middle East security framework during Egypt visit

China's Xi urges new Middle East security framework during Egypt visit  Reuters

Xi Jinping tells Egypt's Sisi 'external interference' in Middle East should be opposed Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Egyptian counterpart on Wednesday that "external interference" in the Middle East should be opposed, Beijing's state media reported, following talks in Cairo between the two leaders. "We mu

CAIRO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Egyptian PresidentAbdel Fattah al-Sisi welcomed China's Xi Jinping to Cairo on Wednesday, opening a visit that highlights Cairo's deepening ties with Beijing as regional turmoil prompts U.S. allies to reassess longstanding security relationships. Xi, making his first visit to Egypt in a decade

China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is seeking to deepen ties with a longtime U.S. security partner and to project a larger role for Beijing in a region rocked by war.

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in ‌Egypt Tuesday, his first visit to the Arab world's most populous nation in a decade, as countries across the Middle East reassess security and economic ties amid the fallout of the Iran war. The conflict has disrupted global energy markets and raised questions about whether regi

China, the United States’ top global rival, is cultivating an extensive relationship with one of America’s key allies.

The Chinese leader is coming back to a region convulsed by war and with U.S. economic weapons once again deployed against Tehran.

When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Cairo this week, he’ll find plenty has changed in Egypt and the region around it since his last trip to the Middle East’s most populous nation a decade ago.

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