BEIJING, May 28, 2024 (Xinhua) – At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi will pay a state visit to China from May 28 to 31, during which he will also attend the opening ceremony of the 10th ministerial meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation Forum.
Sisi (69 years old) graduated from the Egyptian Military College. He held the positions of Commander of the Northern Military Region, Director of Military Intelligence, and Minister of Defense, and attained the rank of Field Marshal in the Egyptian Armed Forces.
He was elected President of Egypt in May 2014, and began his second term in June 2018 and his third term in April 2024.
He paid a state visit to China in December 2014, and in September 2015 attended events marking the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.
Sisi visited China in September 2016 to attend the G20 summit in Hangzhou, and in September 2017 he visited it to attend the Emerging Markets and Developing Countries Dialogue.
In September 2018, he paid a state visit to China and attended the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
In April 2019, he visited China to attend the Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
In February 2022, he visited China to attend the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.