Xi’s Kyrgyzstan and Egypt visits put cooperation at centre of regional ties

Xi’s Kyrgyzstan and Egypt visits put cooperation at centre of regional ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visits to Kyrgyzstan and Egypt have placed economic cooperation, infrastructure, trade and people-to-people exchanges at the centre of China’s engagement with two regions linking Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Xi arrived in Bishkek on August 30 for a state visit to Kyrgyzstan and the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. The trip marked his third visit to Kyrgyzstan and came as Beijing and Bishkek seek closer ...