00:00Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded his state visit to Egypt in an agenda marked by bilateral relations and the
00:07main challenges facing the Middle East.
00:09Our correspondent in China, Bruno Fauci, brings us the details.
00:15Greetings, comrades. I'm here in Beijing to report on Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Egypt, which concluded last
00:24night, the 2th of September.
00:27It was the first state visit by a Chinese President to the country in a decade.
00:33The trip coincided with the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Egypt,
00:41and concluded with the signing of the five formal agreements and more than 20 cooperation documents covering areas such as
00:51the digital economy,
00:53semiconductors, technology, energy, and industrial production.
00:59One of the main outcomes of this meeting was the launch of a new phase of expansion of the China
01:07-Egyptian industrial zone in the Suez Canal,
01:11which already hosts nearly 200 companies and around $4 billion in investment.
01:20The agenda also had a strong regional component.
01:25Xi Jinping proposed a new security architecture for the Middle East,
01:31based on common and comprehensive cooperative and also a sustainable security.
01:40In this context, the Palestinian issue was one of the central topics.
01:46China and Egypt called for the consolidation of the ceasefire in Gaza,
01:52the unhindered delivery of humanitarian aid and the return of the Palestinian Authority to the territory.
02:01They also rejected any plan to displace Palestinians from their lands.
02:08With this news from here, the capital of China will go back with you in the studio.
