On September 18, 2023, Vice Foreign Minister Deng Li met with visiting Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the House of Representatives of Egypt Karim Abdelkarim Darwish.

Deng Li welcomed Karim Abdelkarim Darwish to lead a delegation to visit China, and said that China and Egypt enjoy a profound traditional friendship, and bilateral relations have developed rapidly in recent years, with close high-level exchanges and fruitful cooperation. The two sides should follow through on the important common understandings reached by the two heads of state, continue to firmly support each other, constantly strengthen practical cooperation in various fields, enhance coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, and push the China-Egypt comprehensive strategic partnership to a new level.

Karim Abdelkarim Darwish spoke highly of the outcomes of bilateral cooperation and China's development achievements, and emphasized that Egypt attaches great importance to growing relations with China, and stands ready to continuously consolidate political mutual trust, expand exchanges and cooperation between legislative institutions of the two countries, jointly uphold international fairness and justice, and promote world peace and stability.