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Mao Ning, the spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a post shared on X on Saturday that both countries established formal diplomatic ties seven decades ago.
🇨🇳 🇪🇬 On this day in 1956, China and Egypt established diplomatic relations, opening a new chapter of friendly exchanges between China and Arab and African countries.
Over the past 70 years, China-Egypt relations have stood the test of changing international dynamics and grown… pic.twitter.com/U6v05esxVb
— Mao Ning 毛宁 (@SpoxCHN_MaoNing) May 30, 2026
According to Ning, the past seven decades of relations have “stood the test of changing international dynamics” and continued to grow stronger over time.
The spokesperson said that under the joint guidance of President Xi Jinping and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, bilateral relations have developed significantly in the new era, describing the current period as the “best in history.”
Ning also expressed hope that both countries would continue to build on their traditional friendship and deepen cooperation across key sectors.
“We hope and believe that China and Egypt will carry forward their traditional friendship, achieve more fruitful results in cooperation, and advance bilateral relations toward the goal of building a China–Egypt community with a shared future in the new era,” the spokesperson said.
