Premier Wen Jiabao met in Beijing on Thursday afternoon with
Egypt's visiting People's Assembly Speaker Ahmed Sorour, calling on
the two sides to push forward the bilateral strategic partnership
to a new level.
Wen hailed the development of the bilateral cooperation in the
political, economic, cultural and tourism fields, adding that the
two countries also forged closer coordination on regional and
international issues.
"We already signed guidelines to further our partnership and
established the regular exchange mechanism between the two
parliaments, which I believe will play an active role to further
the bilateral relations," Wen noted.
He said that China attaches great importance to the ties with
Egypt, and highly appreciates the country's long-term adherence to
the one-China policy.
"China is willing to make joint efforts with the Egyptian side
to strengthen economic and trade cooperation and step up the
bilateral relations to a new level," the premier said.
Sorour said the Egypt-China relations already established a good
example for harmonious coexistence and common development among
developing countries, promising that the Egyptian People's Assembly
would continue to play its special role in a bid to promote the
bilateral relations.
At the invitation of Chinese top legislator Wu Bangguo, Sorour
arrived in China on October 20 for a week-long official good-will
visit.
(Xinhua News Agency October 26, 2007)
